On Tuesday 10 March 2009 01:34:06 Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
jdd escribió:
couldn't we *drop* the boxed edition? We could still sell a *manual*
Do you really believe that people interested in the distribution will buy a manual that is available online anyway ?
If the printed manual is as good and complete as it has been in the times of 8.x and partly 9.x, I am sure people will buy it. The price must be reasonable and it must cover advanced topics, too, such as MediaCenter configuration e.g. with MythTV and HomeServer setups. Btw, you could ask the same for the whole box: both the media and the manual are available online, so that would leave only dial up people as the targeted customers, if you are right. I am convinced that dropping the who box edition in favor of updated and enhanced downloadable ISO-images and a really good printed manual would greatly enhance the popularity of the distribution. To give an example: right now, I see the need of an update for the shipped version of KDE 4.1.3 in openSUSE 11.1. The next release of openSUSE will happen in November, and it's naive to think that this situation will satisfy the KDE community/fans of openSUSE. Consider how poor KDE 4.1.3 feels, even with all the openSUSE backports of 4.2. Don't forget KDE is -- still -- the most popular desktop environment, and it's really good to see it is now about to be back to the same quality level as its predecessor. Many users won't want to wait until November for the recent improvements, and they don't want to use factory, either. They will look elsewhere, and they will find enough options, I am afraid. Bottom line is: I'd very much vote for intermediate updates to the official releases, and that also means I think we should consider version upgrades, too, in such extrem cases as KDE currently is. Best regards, Daniel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org