[KLUG Members] BSware EOL.

[Michael W. Holdeman]

Gentoo is currently working on teh next release which will give the tools to 
create your own " distro" . I'm not sure it exactly looks like it fits but it 
is interesting reading.
I've used Gentoo for some time now on 4 desktops, and 1 laptop. (Servers are 
all BSD) and I love it. I am by no means a Linux expert for those who don't 
try it for that reason. 

Mike


On Wednesday 10 December 2003 09:33 am, Bruce Smith wrote:
> I have currently switched my three primary desktops (work, home, laptop)
> to SuSE 9.0, and I have no plans on going back to Fedora/Redhat.  I also
> plan on migrating my servers at work to SuSE.
>
> This probably means the end of BSware as we know it, and brings up the
> more important problem of "Silver members" and loss of their benefits.
>
> As far as creating a distro based on SuSE:  First, I haven't tried it,
> and I don't know what's involved.  Second, I'm not sure it's necessary.
> SuSE does some things differently, and they have the concept of a
> "update CD" (which I've already created and used one successfully).
> You install, and then update to the latest from the update CD.
>
> This problem is: while a update CD may be a great addition to sell with
> a stock SuSE distro, but there is NO added benefits for a silver
> member.  The update CD is simply a mirror of the updates on a FTP site.
> Silver members can just as easily download the same stuff from a FTP
> site for free, so there no gain for them by paying us to download the
> same updates.
>
> So, what do do about current silver members?  I recommend that we
> discontinue the silver member program immediately, convert current
> silver members to bronze and double their time remaining as a benefit
> for the extra money they paid.
>
> Another option would be to convert the silver membership to something
> that allows internet access from the Chamber during meetings.
>
> Any comments or other ideas???
>
>  - BS
>
>
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