[PLUG] Suse 9.3 from Fry's
Vram
lamsokvr at xprt.net
Thu May 5 07:17:22 UTC 2005
John Jordan wrote:
>OK, I mentioned earlier that I bought Suse 9.3 from Fry's at a sale
>price of $69.99, which is less than I can get it academic. So
>tonight I had some free time and I opened the box. There is a
>CD/DVD case that contains the CDs and DVD. A tape across the
>opening says "by breaking the seal you accept the Novell Upgrade
>Protection Terms at www.suse.de.maintenance/agb_int.
>
>So I browse my way to www.suse.de.maintenance/agb_int, only to
>find a multipage legal document. After reading it I find that it
>disclaims all the benefits described on the package. E.g., the
>outside of the box says I am entitled to 90 days of free installation
>support. The legal document says I am entitled to no support of
>any kind. Yeah, yeah, I could sue them under some consumer
>protection law and claim that the advertised benefit takes
>precedence over the legal document. Horse pucky. Maybe so, but
>life is too short to deal with that kind of BS.
>
>So later I will return the box to Fry's for a refund. If I can't count on
>support from Suse, then I might as well just download the free
>version.
>
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Are you sure about that....
I have always gotten 90 day of basic support from Suse/Novell
Vram
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