On Saturday 14 March 2009 08:56:21 pm Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
On Thu, 5 Mar 2009, Rajko M. wrote:
10.1 is not an example of a crusty corporate structure that hates change. Its an example of a wrong decision taken for all the wrong reasons and learning from it.
Really :-) Few individuals, not influenced by environment, brought wrong decision, but learned from consequences, end of story. Romantic picture that I haven't seen except in movies.
It's not just individuals that can learn, also organizations are able to learn. Both took place due to what happened that year.
I've seen that, but we (mostly you) have to pull togheather many pieces, that make problems.
The only way to make guys on upper floors aware of problems is when customers/users cry laud, or they order a survey.
This list is not quite complete.
Yes, mail list is useful too :-)
Think open door policies, skip level meetings, advisory boards, etc. At Novell we have all of these.
I wrote, actually, letter about communication problems, and they are real. Though, it could be that it never came out of draft folder. I often leave mails over night. Next morning I see discussion went somewhere else, and send letter in trash. Problems where employee don't want to upset boss and skips inconvenient details, and that goes level after level until nothing is left from bunch of small problems that all make rainy day.
And, about decrusting, I can see some, otherwise I wouldn't care to comment, but there is still to strong focus on enterprise.
*** The main problem is that Novell has no product for small business and personal use. Many would go around and try to sell software, but offer is SLED or openSUSE. First expensive, second far from professional. There is nothing in between.
Somehow most concerns about our Enterprise products on this list are raised by non-Novell employees ;-), whereas AJ and me (and other colleagues) keep reemphasizing that making openSUSE as good and successful as possible is our primary objective here.
There are 2 reasons for concern from non-Novell employees side. One is that we invested quite some time in openSUSE and we want to be part of success, not anything else. The other is that everybody is looking for backup plan right now. Having good, but relative cheap software can be chance, not only for Novell, but for many independent vendors to turn crisis into grow.
The proposal regarding openSUSE release cycles is a good example, by the way. This is solely driven from an openSUSE perspective.
Yes, I got that. It is something in the wording that makes me optimistic, and it seems that I'm not alone.
Gerald
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