> > > Pugh, Is there a way to have no support and not have to pay for the
> >
> > above.
> >
> > > I.e. can I d/l it without the $50?
> >
> > Simply download the eval. You will receive no updates past the eval
> > period, but that's it.
>
> Interesting business model for GPL s/w. Makes sense though. I was hoping
> they were charging for the support, not updates.
So, reading it over, it looks like one can download the SLED eval version,
load it, but after 60 days pay if updates are wanted (and unless one thinks
about it, $50 doesn't sound bad; but, after 5 years or so you're up to MS
levels of money).
I presume that 1) after 60 days one cannot download another eval copy, but I
wonder if the 1st downloaded copy will install on other machines after 60
days; might it require the activation code, which would fail unless the clock
on the machine was set back(?).
I've tried a network install of 10.1 several times. It hangs on "Initializing
catalog". Some posts on linuxforums.org indicated that this appears to be a
small memory problem--one post'er mentioned it required 1 hour to complete
the initializing step (but he only had 600 MB ram (egads, and we did great
things with 4K of core on a PDP11...)). I allowed 3 hours and it didn't
finish, but maybe after a long time the ftp connection drops. I'll download
CDs and see if that works. But, it makes we wonder if the SLED version
requires a rock-crusher system.
Don
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