Hi, I also tried to talk to them (and I speak German !) to no avail. I told them that their local importers are doing them a dis-service. But they told me that they have long-running contracts and that's it.
I don't think that the problem is political, though. I see two major problems: 1) Israel is very RedHat centric (we are soooo American !), therefore there are not so many (almost NIL) people who would buy SuSE 2) SuSE doesn't bother to have importers in many countries. They are just open for importers to make business with them. I imagine that the Situation in Cyprus or Poland is not much better than here. It's just our bad luck that we got an "Israeli" SuSE importer. Also, note that $130 seems pretty close to the SuSE price if you would order from them directly (from Germany). I once ordered a package directly from them for my work and it was all very well, except the 60 DM shipping cost. Sincerely, Schlomo Schapiro --- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.schapiro.org On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Daniel Feiglin wrote: > 1. You can import it from Linux Central = $130 inc. S&H. > 2. I wrote to SuSE at length about the problem. The results vary from pathetic > to (null). I even offered to take over the local distribution myself. I doubt if > I could do it worse than PF1/Rel. > 3. I think that the problem is partly political - not Linus style, I mean us vs > the world political. > > Schlomo Schapiro wrote: > > > And, > > > > complain to SuSE about the lousy service their local reps give ! > > > > > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Schlomo Schapiro > > > >--- > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > WWW: http://www.schapiro.org > > > > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Daniel Feiglin wrote: > > > > > >>Hi! > >> > >>Where can you get a SuSE 7.3 Pro in Israel? (REL and/or PF1 are still flogging > >>7.1!!!) > >> > >>Regards, > >> > >>Dan Feiglin > >> > >>Schlomo Schapiro wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Hi Friends, > >>> > >>>FYI you can find SuSE7.3 (i386) and the SuSE7.3 live evaluation ISO for > >>>download on my server: ftp://schapiro.org/pub > >>> > >>>Sincerely, > >>> > >>>Schlomo Schapiro > >>> > >>>--- > >>>email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>WWW: http://www.schapiro.org > >>> > >>> > >>>================================================================= > >>>To unsubscribe,send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > >>>the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > >>>echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
