Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (229 mails)

[Karsten König <remur@xxxxxxx>]

Am Montag, 8. November 2010, 13:21:49 schrieb Martin Schlander:
> Mandag den 8. november 2010 13:19:54 skrev Karsten König:
> > Am Montag, 8. November 2010, 13:14:15 schrieb Martin Schlander:
> > > Mandag den 8. november 2010 12:47:44 skrev Henne Vogelsang:
> > > > On 11/8/10 12:44 PM, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> > > > > Regarding mission, I just stumbled upon this:
> > > > >
> > > > > The openSUSE project is a worldwide effort that promotes the use of
> > > > > Linux everywhere. openSUSE creates one of the world's best Linux
> > > > > distributions, working together in an open, transparent and
> > > > > friendly manner as part of the worldwide Free and Open Source
> > > > > Software community.
> > > >
> > > > Which is a shortened version of the "We are" paragraph from the
> > > > guiding principles. The guiding principles already contain all the
> > > > mission statements we need i think. I fail to see why we need
> > > > something else.
> > >
> > > These things say nothing other than that we're a community making a
> > > Linux distribution. No useful information for anyone.
> > >
> > > We really, really, really, really, really need something short and
> > > precise which tells users and contributors (potential and existing)
> > > alike, *exactly* what we're trying to do and what makes openSUSE
> > > different than the gazillion other distros out there.
> >
> > Short and exact is often conflicting, this isn't math you know? =)
>
> Well.. if you guys get your way openSUSE will continue to be an anarchistic
> mess without any direction or identity.. or success.

Fair enough, how about getting the strategy document done and 'signed' first 
and afterwards start some kind of competition for a good 3 lines 
summary/catchphrase and the winner gets some 'Thank you' gift, like one of the 
plush geekos =)

Cheers,
Karsten
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