Sid Boyce wrote:
With proprietary systems you don't get an opportunity to voice dissent or influence what's delivered. You don't argue with development directions with z/OS, Solaris, OSX or Windows as such arguments will get you nowhere and the rub is you pay dearly for them.
[apologies, we're going way OT] Actually, IBM and other businesses in that space are _much_ better at listening to their users than openSUSE is at listening to ours. Ten years ago I wrote z/OS software for STK, I can assure we did a lot of talking to our users and trying to understand their needs and pains etc. When IBM wanted to obsolete DOS/VSE, I seem to remember the UK user group convincing them to turn around. Thought experiment: Try imagining IBM pulling a "systemd" on their JES2 users ... -- Per Jessen, Zürich (20.3°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org