On Sat, 12 Jun 2010, Karsten König wrote:
And I am not sure whether the use of "testbase" was intentional, but it leads to an important point: The way I see openSUSE, and I admit that may be different from how some at Novell saw it some years ago, is as a base for SUSE Linux Enterprise, not as a testbed. Yes testbed wasn't intentional, the FAQ clears up it's the base for SLE =)
Never trust statistics^WFAQs you have not tweaked yourself. :-)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-project/2010-05/msg00094.html was an earlier, quick attempt of mine to answer this question, by the way. Well I was actually thinking about replying to that back then already. The 'dear to our heart' part is just too much icing on the cake for me.
Why? As you said, a lot of us actually feel strongly about broadening the use of Linux/Free Software/Open Source/UNIXoid systems at a personal level and/or a professional level. And if you are looking at it from a pure business perspective, growing Linux overall looks like an important goal for Novell, too. And when business and personal goals align nicely, why should that not be dear to my heart (and those of many around me)? ;-) Gerald -- Dr. Gerald Pfeifer gp@novell.com | SUSE Linux Products GmbH Director Product Management | HRB 16746 (AG Nuremberg) SUSE Linux Enterprise, openSUSE, Appliances | GF Markus Rex