Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3434 mails)

[Aaron Kulkis <akulkis00@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin Dupuy wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 15:14 +0100, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> > Ken Schneider <suse-list3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > > Stefan Hundhammer pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 05 February 2008 13:57, Carlos F. Lange wrote:
> > > > > > What about cover mounts for magazines?  Wouldn't that have the same
> > > > > > effect of visibility?
> > > > > I would say no.
> > > > > Linux magazines have a very low visibility. I have to look hard for them
> > > > > behind the rows and rows of Win and Mac magazines (and I always pull
> > > > > some of them to the front :). But the common user only buys magazines
> > > > > _after_ he/she starts using a system and, even then, such a user may
> > > > > feel overwhelmed by all the overload of Linux programs the magazines
> > > > > tend to offer.
> > > > It's not just Linux magazines. Here in Germany, c't magazine repeatedly had 
> > > > openSUSE DVDs on the cover (and of course a number of articles about it 
> > > > inside, too). This is one of the largest and also most well-respected 
> > > > computer magazines there is on the German market. This for sure does have 
> > > > large visibility in the entire IT market, not just the Linux niche.
> > Agreed, we do have more installation from just the c't magazine cover
> > mount than worldwide box sales for openSUSE 10.3.
>
> I'm not sure 10.3 is a great example, since I'd argue that openSUSE 10.3
> wasn't distributed well, it was only available online at
> shop.Novell.com.
>
> I'd also like to, at the very least, see openSUSE 11.0 become available
> for boxed editions at the same time as the release for public download,
> so we can get the boxed edition at the same time as the release time,
> instead of, what Andreas will probably remember, as waiting one month
> after the release of the product for free download for buyers to receive
> the boxed edition.

In practice, that means delaying the release of the download
version, which I see as rather pointless.


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