I don't mean to sound ignorant or anything but what is the Life Cycle of A official or Open Version of SUSE?

I've been using Open Suse for quite sometime now.
And have never been able to find an answer to this question.

And I just laid my hands on A NIB SUSE Professional 9.3 off of Amazon "REAL CHEAP" and I was just wondering how long the Life Cycle of Support was once A Version is released?

PLEASE Excuse my ignorance, But I was just curious.

As Open SUSE is easy and "CHEAP" enough to dwnld.
But I can't afford to buy the official version's Release all of the time.

Thanks for your help in advance.

The life cycle is two years.

Thanks for the link. But now the real "STUPID" question.
I couldn't find it on the link you sent me.

Whats the ftp: server address, Directory Tree etc.
That I need to put in so that I can get what they have made?

And I take it I'll still have access to the regular Program dwnlds for their games and stuff?

I used one distro for a year then once the subscription ran out to their dwnld service, I was "SCREWED"....

Needless to say I left them in the dust "REAL" Quick.

Thanks again...