[NTLUG:Discuss] SuSE 10.1 - Retail box verses Downloadable

[Chris Cox]

David Simmons wrote:
>> With OpenSUSE 10.1 there is NO difference.
>> In both cases the non-OSS software is on separate media/dir/iso/whatever.
> 
> so the retail boxes (that are on sale at Fry's for $40) will only net me a
> manual, tech support and kudos for supporting the project?

Not exactly.  It will get you a very simple manual (not like the ones
SUSE used to come with) and "installation" support (which means
you get nothing... installation support only covers the simplest
of configurations).

Kudos... perhaps... but Novell, I believe, would say it won't
amount to anything.  Sad, but true.