On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Martin Schlander <martin.schlander@gmail.com> wrote:
Torsdag den 10. juni 2010 03:23:35 skrev Graham Anderson:
Ubuntu have quite a major sway on the newbie linux desktop market. Ubuntu on the server is not really a serious proposition for enterprise computing; for the same reason that Debian is not a serious proposition for enterprise computing.
I think Novell "strategists" feel the same way, but I believe it's a mistake.
The enormous mindshare and hype that Ubuntu is getting in the home user market (virtually unopposed), will let them grow and over time gain larger inroads in the more profitable enterprise market too, and become a real competitor for Novell - despite having an inferior product.
And while this is happening Novell are obsessing about Red Hat and resting on their laurels. Instead of managing openSUSE like a real product, they're treating it like a Fedora.
The idea seems to be that techies, sysadmins and enthusiasts don't really care about polish, ease of use and stability. But that's wrong.
My take has always been that with 5% more end user friendlyness, openSUSE would be 100% more successful in the home user market - and this would have a very positive spill-over effect on SLE sales - because sysadmins and IT-buyers are consumers too when they go home. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org
My two cents...I'm a corporate user of Linux products (an exclusive non-syadmin user- I have a no-Windows policy in my group). I had standardized my test platforms for manufacturing long time ago on Mandriva 2008.1 and openSUSE 11.0/11.1. Now to my dismay, I find the futures of Mandriva and Novell murky and unclear at best. I've spent close to 3 years on standardizing my test platform on a Linux platform (which is extremely difficult in my field). I am being forced to reconsider my platforms and migrate them to core *stable* Linux companies like RH or Canonical. Novell's one such company- or thats what I had thought so. Now I am unsure of what openSUSE will become...or will it survive? I use Suse studio and the OBS heavily and am preparing for the eventuality that it may disappear. Now to comment on Martin's point on "The idea seems to be that techies, sysadmins and enthusiasts don't really care
about polish, ease of use and stability. But that's wrong."...he couldn't be any more right about my predicament. I'm a fairly advanced Linux user- but its not my core profession- far from it. I'd like to get my work done with minimal fuss and from my options between Ubuntu and Fedora...Ubuntu's the only one that provides me with a consistent platform (I can live with some instability) for me and my group. I will probably migrate over to Ubuntu over the next year or so, if the situation persists for long. Personally, its a very gut-wrenching thing to do, as I really really like openSUSE...
-Anshul -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org