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Sven Kirmess <Sven.Kirmess@gmx.net> wrote:
> Sind da andere Distributionen (Redhat, Debian) besser?

To my knowledge, Red Hat is worse (quality and security checking is
not that good, and manual is much smaller). Maybe it has improved,
though.  Red Hat is usually cheaper (maybe half price).

On the development side, it looks like it's on Red Hat advantage:
Red Hat employs many kernel Gurus, where SuSE only supports
XFree86 development.

Debian is another story. It's a no-addon distribution, shaped like
the *BSDs. However, for end-users it's probably too difficult to
install/use.

But I cannot sustain your affirmation that cost effectiveness
is better in Microsoft products.

Microsoft Windows costs more than 150 CHF (around 120 when paid
by the computer reseller), doesn't have complete manual, doesn't
have full source, doesn't have many program demonstration, doesn't
have many of the services that SuSE offers.

Moreover, Microsoft software in general doesn't have free upgrades,
a multi-installation licensing (SuSE Linux can be installed on more
than one computer, as long as you only install instances of pay/*
series once), hasn't a free evaluation version (600 MB CD-ROM, free
over the Internet, or around 5 US$ bought through Cheap*byte,
you can freely exchange this CD with friends). Nor does it
has 60 days free installation support by mail and by phone.

However, Microsoft is not for the same ``publikum'': Linux is
for professionals, software developpers, security and network
experts.  At this time, it's probably not a good idea to
use Linux just because it's cheaper than MS-*. The reason
to switch to Linux should be freedom, choice, quality,
and a new way of seeing software use / development / cooperation.