Re: SuSE isofiles?

Neil Stevens <[email protected]>
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On Tuesday July 22, 2003 05:50, Rinse de Vries wrote:
> Hi, just wondering..
>
> Why aren't there any iso-files available of the SuSE Distribution?
>
> They do provide a free ftp-installation.
>
> So what are the pro's and con's regarding iso-files?

This could become a good thread, or at least a big one. :-)

Two reasons not to make CD images available:

* CD images are large, and SuSE ships many CDs, so making them available 
would be taxing on their internet connection.

* Selling CDs is one of SuSE's sources of income.  To put up a free CD 
image download service would undercut their own service.  Those CD images 
would probably be used by one or more vendors of cheap CDs.

- -- 
Neil Stevens - [email protected]

"I'll believe it when I see it." -- George Walker Bush
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