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.
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Cornelius Schumacher