Trifle Menot schreef:
On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:53:31 -0500, "Bryen M. Yunashko" <suserocks@bryen.com> wrote:
It's not speculation, it's self evident: Novell/Microsoft is repulsive to other corporate players. Accept it, and recognize that gaining full independence is essential for overcoming it.
This, unfortunately, is true... It was MS way of getting rid of serious competition, and Novells to get some hardneeded bucks.... Full independence means to have resources and fundings to complete an OS that is taken serious. Even so unfortunate is the fact that life costs money, and because of some 'sharks' who want to own all the money, life is becoming more expensive every day. Best option was finding a biljonair who wants to 'own' his own software company, loves to pay all the bills, and who gives all that software away for free, without stressing up all the employees, who work for free, because they are 'involved', and don't know what they should do with their time, except creating the 'newest' software. In what way is this realistic? Nothing in the real world is for free, because everybody is brainwashed to believe and act that way. So, how to change this 'knowledge' into a 'working' solution? The community could buy 'shares', and thus provide an amount of money, gaining influence, feeling more 'responsible', and keep oS 'floating'. (But as many people, as many opinions, so probably this idea will be torpedood, as all the others, and nothing will change... ) This would need a lot of planning, but would eventualy attract more people who want to be involved as soon as 'the word' went out of oS's independence, and bold struggle for survival. It would be possible to show the world, there is something else than working for mere material profit: The 'legacy', and best operating system the world has ever seen. But, it would be nessesary to sell the product, and that has always been the difficult part. Should the choices than be to get commercial? I think not in the way other companies do, but making the difference... Strategies should be developed to restrict 'the plans' from the world as long as possible. If the majority of the shares is in 'good' hands, bad decisions can be opposed. (a possibility to discuss, at least) -- Enjoy your time around, Oddball, aka M9. OS: Linux 2.6.27.19-3.2-default x86_64 Huidige gebruiker: oddball@AMD64x2-sfn1 Systeem: openSUSE 11.1 (x86_64) KDE: 4.2.1 (KDE 4.2.1) "release 103" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org