Hi Boyd,
The thought is that a possible out come of this group maybe an openSLE which would be like this model
fedora->centos->RHEL
but for SUSE -SLES openSUSE->openSLE->SLE-| -SLED
Personally, I really like this idea because there have been so many discussions on why such a product is not available for SUSE Linux.
- "Tired of hearing we do this for fun, it is not my problem/responsibility, hire a programmer or become one." "Fix it yourself as it is a community distro. The community is not doing enough or is too small." What happens is or feels like the various groups that are part of the community are not fully trusted. What I see/feel/hear is that globally the openSUSE distro is moving to the bottom of the Linux Distro Heap. I am being asked to move to CentOS as it has a longer support window. "Having to update my OS every 2 years is a real pain in the butt! Now it is moving to a 18 month window. I really need to look at something else that meets my needs" Business like to stay as long as they are able to the release. "If it aint broke don't fix it!" "We really need a fall back position. What are your recommendations? Doesn't Novell realize who pays their salaries? What about Ubunto, Debian, Fedora/CentOS, or Solaris, BSDs?"
My question is: Why don't these customers move to SUSE Linux Enterprise (Server and Desktop)? Is that EUR 300.00 per year an amount they do not want to pay for getting 7 years of support, updates and training? Don't they want to pay additional money for the services? Are they not happy with the services offered by Novell or with the way Novell treats them? If it's just the services and the way Novell treats them, well, that's the chance for other (smaller) companies to provide these services for their customers. To make it short: I would be interested in getting involved in this discussion. Thank you, Peter -- Peter Albrecht Tel: +49-(0)-89-287793-83 Open Source School GmbH Mob: +49-(0)-173-3528664 Amalienstraße 77 Fax: +49-(0)-89-287555-63 80799 München http://www.opensourceschool.de HRB 172645 - Amtsgericht München Geschäftsführer: Peter Albrecht, Dr. Markus Wirtz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org