On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Oddball <monkey9@iae.nl> wrote:
Alberto Passalacqua schreef:
2010/6/9 Oddball <monkey9@iae.nl>:
This is just one of many good ideas to work out.. Sell usb-sticks with oS installed on it, and a beautifull chameleon printed on one side... etc etc.
Hmm... also the Geeko plushes! (yes, I'm still trying to find a good one!)
Seriously, it is hard to make all the money needed to run the openSUSE project just selling boxes and gadgets. What keeps Linux companies up are support services and "added value" in terms of software (see JBoss for RH for example).
Best, A.
That is also obvious, but with more spreading of the word, more costumers will come, also those who want their companies completely staffed out with oS, and rely on the service that stands for 24/7 operational capacity.. But you have to start small, and very carefull, make as little mistakes as possible, and plan ahead.
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Enjoy your time around,
Oddball, aka M9.
I've sort of lost track of where this thread is going, but to seriously consider OpenSuse as a standalone project without major input/resources from SLE seems to me to be a dead-end. I suppose in the long run one could argue that OpenSuse should develop its own SLE like solution and support structure, but I see no advantage in it. As to the Novell association, I'm indifferent. It's been years since the MS contract and its time to just quit worrying about it from my perspective. There will always be those few that feel it tarnishes opensuse, but I really think that is the minority at this point and in general people are ready to re-evaluate their opinion of suse. fyi: Currently as a OpenSuse team member I feel good when I see kernel developers, userspace project team members etc with a suse.de address. It may not seem like much to the casual user, but to me its a big deal to see that because I know that suse is contributing back to the community in a major way. And at least in the projects I look at I see a lot more suse support than redhat. IIRC, when I became a opensuse team member I was given a email address of some kind, but I don't recall being encouraged to use it and I never have. Assuming I recall correctly and the email address identifies me as identified with opensuse, simple things like encouraging its use by team members is a form of free and subtle marketing that I think can go a long way in making the overall community appreciate how much the suse team contributes. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org