Scott Leighton wrote:
On Thursday 28 April 2005 8:40 pm, Colin Carter wrote:
*** I am still keeping my chin up for SuSE, but would rather see it made more robust (bugs removed) than see new functionality added, and I want to see it "lick the pants off" M$
Thing is, that's not Novell's vision for SuSE Pro. You want robustness, stability, ease of use, then Novell Linux Desktop is the product you want, not SuSE Pro.
They've articulated their vision quite clearly here....
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/14736.html
From what I can tell, they are *not* looking to take on M$ in the consumer market. They are after the enterprise market, desktops and servers.
Scott
And it is for this reason that my heart sinks re my favourite distro, SuSE. Novell is killing it. I just cannot understand the logic behind such thinking, especially when IBM committed "suicide" by doing something similar with OS/2 (the best OS I have used) and allowing M$ to run away with the ball. How many enterprises/SOHO are there compared to consumers/people in the streets? The enterprises/SOHOs only exist, and can only exist, because of consumers. Every enterprise/SOHO spends $$$ on advertising to convince the consumer that they cannot do without their product. If I made product X and sold 1 item for $1 to every Chinese person, for example, I would be an instant billionare; and if I tried to sell it to every Chinese company I would be struggling to pay my bills. Very strange logic by Novell. Oh, I have looked at the specs for the Desktop a while back and I wouldn't waste my money on it. SuSE Pro, Yes; Desktop or SuSE Home, No. Ciao. -- Understanding only begins with the act of perception.