On Mon, 15 Jun 2015 10:04:37 -0400, Robert Schweikert wrote:
I know what I am saying is not going to be very popular, but those are the facts. Thus, rather than complain we should every now and then say THANK YOU for all the services that our primary sponsor provides, that are not measured in dollar signs, rather then complain about the work that is being done that we do not have anyone in the community to do in the first place.
<Applause> Yes, this. Every time I hear another user bitch about "why can't I stay logged in permanently on the forums/bugzilla/whatever" there seems to be absolutely no consideration given to the fact that the authentication system we have in place has prevented loss of passwords. It's happened a small number of times - and while other OSS communities (Ubuntu comes to mind) lost user passwords when their forums were compromised, the openSUSE forums' integration with the authentication system provided by that sponsor have lowered the risk of compromise for user data, particularly user credentials. Yet all we hear are complaints about "why do I have to provide so much information", "why can't I stay logged in", and so on and so forth. Our sponsor provides us with a secure infrastructure. I don't hear anyone saying they're willing to step up and take on the challenges of managing the infrastructure - just complaints about the infrastructure we have. Often by people who can't be bothered to keep up with current affairs (how many times do we have to point out that Micro Focus is the new owner of SUSE and that, no, the Micro Focus login is /not/ someone trying to steal your information?). Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org