Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (930 mails)

[Jim Henderson <hendersj@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:21:37 -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:

> I seem to be the only one, but I think this strategy is critical.

I think there are important elements here - but perhaps this piece of 
strategy falls under the "base for derivatives" as this could be a subset 
of the overall openSUSE distribution.

Cloud computing is here to stay - it's the next iteration of the cycle 
between "fat client" and "thin client", so I think it's important to 
acknowledge that and leverage that, or we'll be left behind.

Ubuntu already has a cloud service they offer.  Being able to leverage 
remote storage and processing is the way things are moving in the 
industry, so it's important to be part of that.

Maybe because this is an industry trend it shouldn't be left to a 
derivative - but I think you make a good point, Greg, when you say:

> I have to believe the low-end of computing systems (netbooks, droids, 
> etc.) is just going to continue to get more important 

One way or another, openSUSE will have to play in the cloud arena.  It 
would not be good to be a late adopter.

Jim
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