Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3138 mails)

[Martin Deppe <Martin.Deppe@xxxxxx>]

Randall R Schulz wrote:

> Martin,
>
> On Wednesday 22 December 2004 01:57, Martin Deppe wrote:
>  
>
> > Well guys,
> >
> > I think you really worry too much!
> >
> > The HEART of Linux is neither SuSE nor any other commercial
> > company/corporation but the open source society - so WE.
> >    
>
> That is true, in essence, but as a practical matter, things might well 
> be worse for many SuSE users were it to change substantially or, god 
> forbid, go away.
>
> As a software professional with very long history of using Unix, I'm 
> comfortable with taking on as much responsibility as it takes to get a 
> system that suits me. I've considered myself lucky to be able to get 
> SuSE for so little cash--it frees me of all but the most basic local 
> configuration and from all but a very little package building.
>
> A good distribution is a great convenience for me, but for others its 
> the difference between getting what you want and having to make do with 
> a less ideal system.
>
> I've used only a few distributions, so I don't have a very wide basis 
> for comparison, but I think I'd be disappointed if SuSE (the 
> distribution) wandered very far from its current makeup and the 
> philosophy behind it.
>  
>
> > Yours
> > Martin
> >    
> Randall Schulz
>  
Yes, I fully agree with you and I have to admit that I haven't much 
contributed to the open source community yet regarding programming, but 
started to try to help users and people to convert from M$ to Linux :-)

Anyways there is no need to worry since we will find a way to continue 
with this stream. Consider how it started and now we are 
muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch further, aren't we?

Yours
Martin
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