Le 17/06/2010 20:42, Pascal Bleser a écrit :
One thing that I thought was to be taken for granted from the beginning, is that openSUSE is supposed to be a general purpose operating system for server, desktop, laptop and netbook.
That is precisely what we didn't do.
??? I think SuSE already did, and openSUSE do already!! why reduce our goals? Did you notice we have a *new* default config (lxde) afaik mostly done by contributors? I have desktop openSUSE *and* openSUSE server, *and* laptop openSUSE of my own, and certainly don't want to have Debian as server, openSUSE as desktop and so on...
The question at the core of this is whether we believe that with the current contributor base, it is realistic to try to be everything to everyone.
our base is shared between these parts, if we cut one we cut our base. and smaller base (servers) is also the more productive as contributors! If openSUSE become only a kde distro, I will certainly switch to Debian, because I *need* the same one as server and desktop.
desktop, laptop and netbook", the only remaining option is to reduce the scope, and focus on certain domains.
this is certainly a dead end
From our last survey, "developers" is the most prominent part of our current audience.
My suggestion would have been something along the lines of: "openSUSE: The powerful distribution for the productive user"
well, this don't mean anything. One can be productive in any part of the data processing world. Computers are used in various business: * desktop, office * It rooms (servers)4 * mobile units (on the road) and these need various linux setup, but the same productivity... don't also underestimate the work done upstream (do we have to do all in kde? why have an openSUSE branding?) jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-support-the-Linux-Documentation-Project/3720... http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-fan-page-of-Claire-Dodin/106485119372062?v... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org