Roger Luedecke said the following on 11/24/2011 05:46 PM:
Yeah, our marketing could benefit from better clarity and a little less hype and spin. Frankly though, unlike Canonical or RedHat which are very top down... we on the other hand, despite our relation to SUSE are given enormous freedom with our project. Whether that is good or bad is up to the case or the opinion. But what that certainly does mean is that the concept of say "project management" becomes more a matter of herding cats than anything. And thanks to the fanboyism of the Gnome and KDE guys, it sometimes is herding two battling herds of cats.
"Cats" is an unfortunate metaphor. Mine are sweethearts, but I realise that the cat family includes Panthers and Pumas (aren't those good names for a programming language?). Given the circumstances the Big Cats are a good match: roaring Lions who think they are the King of the Jungle; tigers; pumas, panthers, leopards... So which are matched to Gnome and KDE fanbois? Definitely not rag-dolls and angoras! Which are probably most people's ideas of 'cats' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk7yqlTMvp8 -- "On two occasions I have been asked (by members of Parliament!), 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. - Charles Babbage 1791-1871) English computer pioneer, philosopher -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org