John Pettigrew wrote:
But the market that *needs* to be attracted is users like me - although I'm enthusiastic about linux, I moved to it deliberately to get away from Windows, but as a production system, not an experimental box. I work on linux all day
[snip] I totally agree. I love Linux and I spend more money on SuSE than I ever did on M$ Windoze, and I like experimental software but if it doesn't work or if you have to sit for hours to just make it work... Na, then I might as well by me a Mac. /Lars
using email, web and MSWord (via crossover office). This is where SuSE (and the other distros) score about the DIY, enthusiast approach - they make it easy to install and configure a linux distro to start working quickly.
The stable release is essential for people like me - I can't afford to lose the system to buggy software. So, it's a shame that RH have moved out of the consumer market. I can understand it commercially, though. As you say, most money is with the corporate market - just like it is in the Windows world!
John