On 28/11/13 10:47, jdd wrote:
Le 28/11/2013 09:47, Per Jessen a écrit :
In one way, it would be nice to know what SUSE would like to see, in another we should be able to take responsibility and set some direction ourselves.
don't forget the external load: personal computer are challenged by smartphones and tablets, this will hit us soon or later
This has already happened. Like a Wild West town after a gold rush, much of the population of community innovators around Linux has moved on to hacking alternative Android ROMs like CyanogenMod, electrickery with Raspberry Pis, writing indie games in Unity, or just chasing the long tail of app store revenue, leaving a remnant population of corporate employees, graybeards and (laggard) newbies to desktop/consumer Linux - but not the people that create growth and invent novel solutions to people's problems. I'm not bashing openSUSE specifically here, this evolution has hit every distribution and community FLOSS software projects like KDE and GNOME. I think openSUSE has suffered disproportionately as our community was not as large or independent as some others. The important question IMO is, do we accept that at age 20, the Linux distribution scene is no longer new and exciting and aim for a stable equilibrium with the adequate Free replacement for the operating systems of the 2000s that we've created, or do we try to become an exciting and relevant place to be once again? Will -- Will Stephenson SUSE LINUX GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstraße 5 90409 Nürnberg Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org