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If it was... it looks like Novell is looking at the costs of updates/fixes and realizing that its more expensive for people who dont pay. <div class="CommentReplyButton"> <form action="/Articles/89826/comment" method="post"> <input type="submit" value="Reply to this comment"> </form> </div> <p> <a name="CommAnchor89899"></a> <details class="CommentBox" open> <summary><h3 class="CommentTitle">That's interesting.</h3> <div class="AnnLine"> <p class="CommentPoster"> Posted Jun 17, 2004 10:48 UTC (Thu) by <b>phildriscoll</b> (guest, #3914) [<a href="/Articles/89899/">Link</a>] </p> </div> </summary> I was always under the impression that support was 2 years on the <br>'domestic' products and 5 on SLES. <div class="CommentReplyButton"> <form action="/Articles/89899/comment" method="post"> <input type="submit" value="Reply to this comment"> </form> </div> <p> </details> </details> <a name="CommAnchor89897"></a> <details class="CommentBox" open> <summary><h3 class="CommentTitle">That's interesting.</h3> <div class="AnnLine"> <p class="CommentPoster"> Posted Jun 17, 2004 10:45 UTC (Thu) by <b>duck</b> (guest, #4444) [<a href="/Articles/89897/">Link</a>] </p> </div> </summary> That is probably a misunderstanding. 5 years for the (expensive) <br>business-line (SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, etc), and 2 years for the <br>(cheap) "consumers" line. They stick to this scheme pretty well. <br> <br>Cheers <br> <br>Peter <div class="CommentReplyButton"> <form action="/Articles/89897/comment" method="post"> <input type="submit" value="Reply to this comment"> </form> </div> <p> </details> </div>  <div class="rightcol not-print"> <div id="azk93271_right_zone"></div> </div> </div>  <br clear="all"> <center> <P> <span class="ReallySmall"> Copyright © 2024, Eklektix, Inc.<BR> Comments and public postings are copyrighted by their creators.<br> Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds<br> </span> </center> </body></html>

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