Note on SuSE 7.1 Live Eval was Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] July 17 - Caldera - Dallas program

[Chris Cox]

But you know... somehow I don't have a problem sending SuSE $50
for 7 CD's... even at our NTLUG prices, $50 for 7 CD's is pretty
good.  Just for the record, here's SuSE's reply to my less
than polite email about their new eval.  They were very
nice in their reply.  Seems they view the "live eval" as being
a very positive thing... and in a way, I see their point...
if you believe the goal is to get Windows folks to try Linux,
the "live eval" is not a bad idea.  You can figure that
many serious Linux users will either download and hack their
own distribution, or support their favorite by buying a
boxed version (thus helping to ensure their existence tomorrow).

> On Mon, 7 May 2001, Chris Cox wrote:
> 
> Hello Chris,
> 
> > I have learned recently that you no longer distibute a "true"
> > evaluation CD.... but rather have gone to a "live" CD only format.
> 
> this depends on the meaning of "real".
> 
> Yes we provide a LiveEvaluationVersion of SuSE Linux 7.1, the LiveEval is
> for testing and evaluating the procuts. It is the easiest way to do that -
> you only put it in your CD-ROM, boot and it will not hurt either your
> already installed other flavour of Linux or your Windows operating system.
> 
> You can run it from CD, change what you like (will be saved to a file on
> your disk) and try everything, even printing a document out of StarOffice
> is possible.
> 
> In our eyes it is the best possibilitie for poeple which are new to Linux
> to test and evaluate their hardware and see if this is the right
> operating system for them.
>