On Wed, 2010-07-28 at 08:05 -0700, R. Tyler Ballance wrote:
Moin Will!
Will Stephenson schrieb am Mittwoch, den 28. Juli 2010:
On Tuesday 27 July 2010 23:40:33 R. Tyler Ballance wrote:
Additionally, Ubuntu really stresses a GNOME-centric desktop, which means one of openSUSE's core strength's (a great KDE setup) is moot.
Do I read that correctly as "one of our core strengths is irrelevant and to compete with Ubuntu, one would have to use the same desktop"?
I can't believe that attempting to imitate a larger and better marketed competitor which directly invests more in desktop engineering could be a successful strategy. You can compete using a poorer product with a lower price, which is moot for us, or by out-marketing the competitor, which is unrealistic. Or you can compete with a recognisably different and better product.
That's not entirely the point I was making, the point I was trying to make is that it's harder to sell somebody on something so different, even if it is better (the classic "But I know how to use Windows" argument).
I don't want to mire the discussoin on this point, I just think it's harder for an end-user to make a judgement call on "which is better" when comparing openSUSE KDE to Ubuntu (GNOME).
Cheers, -R. Tyler Ballance
I don't think the selling point should be openSUSE KDE vs. Ubuntu GNOME but rather Ubuntu One desktop no choice (out of the box anyway) vs. openSUSE multiple desktops. I was attracted to openSUSE in the first place because I had choice. We seem to have lost this message over time and if we can ramp up this particular message, I think we'll gain more attraction, especially when people see how well-polished our multiple desktops are. Bryen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org