On Tue, May 15, 2007 7:24 am, Craig Millar wrote:
On 15/05/07 05:09 -0700, Kai Ponte wrote:
SUSE only has the ability to function - in my opinion - because of the nice integration with software packages, the excellent management tool (YaST) not present on other distros (http://www.perfectreign.com/?q=node/56), and the easy way to add multimedia via Guru and/or Packman.
Add in "official" Novell-purchased licenses for multimedia and I'd be willing to bet people will come. I've heard often that people purchase Xandros and Linspire simply because of their ability to "do" multimedia.
Novell-purchased licenses are going to have to be recouped from the users
That is possible. I'm just stating what I feel would be an advantage to the change in mindset.
and I think it's important not to underestimate the attraction of free (as in beer) software. I for one would rather spend 20 minutes getting my sources together than having to pay for, for eg, an mp3 license. Especially as I live in Europe! ;-)
It may be the case that many countries are not bound by the same stupid laws we are here - in terms of the loony idea that software can be patented. What I like about Linspire's model is that you can "purchase" the codecs and whatnot fairly easily. Or - if you're handy enough - you can roll your own. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org