[juneau-lug] Re: Novell/Suse Free offer

Thanks you guys.  Been waiting for these folks to go 'live'.

Free Software  .not. Spam

=)
Matt

Jas wrote:

>Phil Witt wrote:
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>>I feel like I'm spamming, but I noticed this and thought I would pass it 
>>along.
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>I would have called it spam if it was going to cost us something (other 
>than being added to some Novell marketing list).
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>In this case, all it's likely to cost is a little extra junk e-mail.  I 
>can deal with that, given what we're getting.
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>>Right now, courtesy of Novell, you get the following FREE:
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>>- SUSE LINUX Standard Server 8.0 (ISO Installation Images)
>>- SUSE LINUX 9.1 Professional (Bootable Installation DVD)
>>- Ximian Desktop 2.0 Evaluation (ISO Image)
>>- Ximian Red Carpet 2.0.2 Evaluation (ISO Image)
>>- Novell Linux Services 1.0 (ISO Image & NLS Companion CD)
>>- Novell GroupWise for Linux 6.5.1 - Server, Client & Messenger
>>- and more...
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>I guess Novell wants us to "wet our whistles" on their product line, so 
>we start becoming paying customers.
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>Microsoft is trying something like that right now with the city of 
>Paris, offering them around 60% discounts on software licensing for the 
>next 3 years to disuade them from migrating to Linux (like the Bavarians 
>did in the city of Munich on approximately 14,000 systems).
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>Oh well, even if I see this as the marketing gimmick it is, I still 
>signed up for my free copies.
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>Cheers and thanks,
>Jas
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