Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3103 mails)

[Ken Phelan <kphelan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday 17 February 2003 22:36, Michael Satterwhite wrote:

> Actually, I don't *EVER* want it to be Windows. I'd like to see it remain
> an OS with the substance it has now. I was simply stating that it needs
> to work with the users more when there are problems. This isn't
> intended as an indictment, it is a statement of a problem that needs
> to be overcome for it to significantly grow in market share.

Simply put, I disagree.  

The hardware vendors should work more to produce drivers for their products.  
The commercial software vendors should work more to port over well known 
products from the 'other' platform.

Also, I think it's the users who should be working more with the OS.  If they 
can't appreciate the complexities and, by extension, the flexibility of the 
platform than they should choose one which is more comfortable for them.

SuSE, Red Hat and others have made (and continue to make) great strides in 
making Linux a more newbie-friendly environment.  The desktop truely has come 
a long way with KDE and Gnome stepping it up.  If the distro's go too far and 
'dummy down' their Linux offerings to the point where they are deciding 
'anything' for me with no option to change their default (a la MS), that's 
when I'll drop them.