Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3349 mails)

[Colin Carter <colincarter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Scott,

On Sunday 01 May 2005 02:26, Scott Leighton wrote:
> On Saturday 30 April 2005 12:43 am, Colin Carter wrote:
> > Scott, I respect your response, ...
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>>  Colin,
>
>   Don't misunderstand, I'm not saying that I agree with Novell's
> marketing decisions. I'm just pointing out that SuSE Pro is
> not designed nor marketed to be a windows killer.
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>    I love SuSE Pro, but it is never going to be suitable
> for the normal users of the world when the specific
> niche it is created for is power users who want bleading
> edge software that releases every 6 months.
   Scott, it is interesting that you joined the concepts
"power users"  &  "who want bleeding edge software".
I only want the first part ... please...     ;-)
>   My guess is that they see no profit in trying to address
> that gap in their product line, taking M$ on directly
> in that mass market would take a huge marketing
> investment, they can probably get a much better
> return going after the enterprise.
   Maybe they don't, but I do.
I am trying to develop some software to market on the
SuSE platform.  If the  O.S.  was as easy to manage as XP 
I would have been six months further down the development trail.

   I think that if Linux was as easy to install as  XP + Developer Studio
then it would be easier for applications programmers and thus
the development of "public use" applications would encouraged.
Anyway, that's just my idea.   Meanwhile, I am committed to SuSE.
>    Scott
Regards,
Colin