On Tuesday 01 May 2007 19:00, M Harris wrote:
On Tuesday 01 May 2007 16:51, James Tremblay wrote:
How many versions are there between 6.06 and 7.04 , sounds to me like the billionare is giving away what Novell MUST sell to stay alive, can you say "Microsoft school of marketing".
Novell is making a mistake.
The cash cows need to be *more* and openSUSE must not be less.
Allow me to explain.
openSUSE should be just as stable and robust as SLED, SLES. In other words I should not be compelled to buy SLED or SLES because of robustness or stability. (that should be a standard of excellence) SLED and SLES should have a value *ADD* that compels purchase. They could have a higher tier support... voice support vs on-line... 1 year vs 90 days... etc. But, the openSUSE product should (without support) be just as robust as SLED, SLES. The reason I would purchase SLED, SLES is to receive world class tiered support, printed documentation, voice support, indemnification, etc. But openSUSE needs to be able to compete with Kubuntu... end of story.
That's the way I see it.
and I have already advocated for a once a year release with more testing and less duplication of apps, i.e. YOU , opensuse updater, zenupdater. At least now there are only two, unless you want more then you can add more i.e. SmartPM. -- James Tremblay Director of Technology Newmarket School District Novell CNE 3\4\5 CLE \ NCE in training. http://en.opensuse.org/education --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org