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Re: [opensuse-project] independence
- From: Martin Schlander <martin.schlander@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:39:50 +0200
- Message-id: <201006101039.50785.martin.schlander@xxxxxxxxx>
Torsdag den 10. juni 2010 03:23:35 skrev Graham Anderson:
I think Novell "strategists" feel the same way, but I believe it's a mistake.
The enormous mindshare and hype that Ubuntu is getting in the home user market
(virtually unopposed), will let them grow and over time gain larger inroads in
the more profitable enterprise market too, and become a real competitor for
Novell - despite having an inferior product.
And while this is happening Novell are obsessing about Red Hat and resting on
their laurels. Instead of managing openSUSE like a real product, they're
treating it like a Fedora.
The idea seems to be that techies, sysadmins and enthusiasts don't really care
about polish, ease of use and stability. But that's wrong.
My take has always been that with 5% more end user friendlyness, openSUSE
would be 100% more successful in the home user market - and this would have a
very positive spill-over effect on SLE sales - because sysadmins and IT-buyers
are consumers too when they go home.
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Ubuntu have quite a major sway on the newbie linux desktop market. Ubuntu
on the server is not really a serious proposition for enterprise
computing; for the same reason that Debian is not a serious proposition
for enterprise computing.
I think Novell "strategists" feel the same way, but I believe it's a mistake.
The enormous mindshare and hype that Ubuntu is getting in the home user market
(virtually unopposed), will let them grow and over time gain larger inroads in
the more profitable enterprise market too, and become a real competitor for
Novell - despite having an inferior product.
And while this is happening Novell are obsessing about Red Hat and resting on
their laurels. Instead of managing openSUSE like a real product, they're
treating it like a Fedora.
The idea seems to be that techies, sysadmins and enthusiasts don't really care
about polish, ease of use and stability. But that's wrong.
My take has always been that with 5% more end user friendlyness, openSUSE
would be 100% more successful in the home user market - and this would have a
very positive spill-over effect on SLE sales - because sysadmins and IT-buyers
are consumers too when they go home.
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