On Wednesday 28 July 2010 19:42:38 Jan Engelhardt wrote:
On Wednesday 2010-07-28 19:09, jdd wrote:
Le 26/07/2010 22:00, Pavol Rusnak a écrit :
= No focus =
* Directly providing a polished distribution for non-technical end users
with this I wont be openSUSE anymore...
Indeed that is simply - unacceptable.
Note that the platform strategy doesn't exclude a non-technical end user distribution. On the contrary, it supports it. It just moves it from the primary focus of the overall community to the focus of a dedicated subgroup. The platform strategy proposal is also about plurality and providing a space for different interests, goals and target audiences to exist next to each other and still be part of an overall ecosystem. The openSUSE surveys seem to indicate that a majority of our users actually is technically interested, so it seems to be a pretty natural step to focus on them, especially as I think openSUSE already excels in that area. Putting the primary focus of openSUSE on a non-technical end user distribution puts us in direct heads-on competition with Ubuntu and others on a market, where we are clearly not the leader. It might not be impossible to change that, but from a strategically point of view it's certainly easier to act from a position of strength, and I clearly see the strength of openSUSE in the area of technical users right now. -- Cornelius Schumacher <cschum@suse.de> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org