[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Novell SuSe DVD's... -- thanx for correcting my ignorance

[MadHat]

On Sep 12, 2004, at 1:54 PM, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-09-12 at 14:38, Will Senn wrote:
>> Bryan,
>> Yes, they are including SUSE Linux Professional versions 8.2 and 9.1.
>> I'm not sure what kind of statement they're making - I do my best, 
>> but I
>> leave the divining up to others....
>
> Probably trying to sell it as a desktop solution.
>
>> Here's what the Summer 2004 edition of the LTRK contained:
>> DVD 1.1A
>>     SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
>>     Nterprise Linux Services 1.0
>>     Ximian Desktop 2
>>     ConsoleOne
>> DVD 1.1B
>>     SUSE Linux Professional 8.2
>>     Groupwise 6.5.1
>>     Red Carpet Enterprise Server 2.02
>>     Linux Resources
>> DVD 1C
>>     SUSE Linux Professional 9.1
>
> Ahhh, thanx for correcting my ignorance in this mater.  I didn't know
> they were shipping the "consumer" editions in the newer kits.

I posted the readme at the start of the thread that gave in detail what 
is in the kit.
http://www.unspecific.com/suse_readme.txt

> If anyone can find out what the licensing is on the Professional
> editions, that would be great.  You'd figure they'd only be licensed 
> for
> either 1 system, or maybe 1 user (up to X systems) ala MSDN-style.

Huh... considering that is what _I_ have been asking for from you and 
all you could do is tell me I was wrong in the info I had found, makes 
me wonder if you read posts before you reply.

> The main issue is that I don't think Novell-SuSE owns all the "value
> added" software on the SuSE Linux Professional discs.
>
> As far as the SLSS/SLES/Nterprise/etc..., you can be sure that they are
> "evaluation" licenses.

When someone else asked about the license I stated that the license is 
the same as what can be downloaded, because I can not find in the 
software that I have used from the Resource Kit, anything that says 
"This will expire in 30 days".  So if you can show me where it is in 
the software I received, please let me know.  Right now all I can find 
is references to the fact that it is not supported until you buy a 
license.  That you can't get to maintenance updates until you register.

So if you know for a fact that they are going to expire, please show me 
a link or show me the path to file in the resource kit that says this 
because I can not find it.