Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (349 mails)

[jdd <jdd@xxxxxxxxx>]

Le 05/08/2010 08:08, Martin Schlander a écrit :
> Onsdag den 4. august 2010 17:59:00 skrev jdd:
> > Le 04/08/2010 17:34, Martin Schlander a écrit :
> > > The project really, really needs a clear identity and direction.
> > >
> > > Whatever the cost (almost) ;-)
> >
> > it did well for more than 10 years without one, so it may not be that
> > important, or the strategy is  simply : "do a good job with nice guys"
> >
> > and it works
>
> Not true.
>
> S.u.S.E./SUSE Linux had a clear identity and direction. As a stable, 
> polished, 
> powerful, easy to use, professional distro. Everybody knew what to expect, 
> and 
> they got exactly that, and they loved it. And I'm sure developers knew 
> exactly 
> what direction to move in too.
>
> The current muddy and confusing state has only been around for about 4-5 
> years. Starting somewhere between the Novell takeover and the creation of the 
> openSUSE project. And steadily getting worse as the distro strays further and 
> further from its roots. And the damage is enormous. Effective marketing is 
> downright impossible and development is all over the place.

I think this is plain wrong, and I use SuSE till 5.2

jdd

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