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At the risk of butting into an intense discussion, I'll venture the
following: Why not adopt a structure like a "User Group" as in the
commercial software industry in America? SuSE could present its release
plans to the group in a virtual forum and accept feedback. If the release
plan was in fact committed, the feedback could still impact the next
subsequent release -- which isn't that far away. SuSE wouldn't give up
much, if any, autonomy at all and could gain a lot. Being in on the early
announcement could create interest and excitement in the community. And
having its product plans more closely aligned with the needs of the
community could only strengthen SuSE's market position.
Peter Hollings
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cliff Sarginson"
Hello, I hope the enthusiastic accolades now coming onto the list, and the suggestion that discussion about yast1 has just been bandwidth wasting will not alter a few important points arising.
Firstly. Why has this speculation arose ? And why have Suse not officially responded to the mailling list that fills the inadequacies in their support for zero cost ?
Someone on the list has stated that Suse are modularising yast, and that yast1 and yast2 will both be available. How does he know this ? Is he privy to information we are not. If this is the case why are there no Alsa or new printer modules in Yast1 under Version 7.0, but existing for Yast2?
Why does Suse not make it's intentions clear ?
You all pay for Suse, the CD's may not be reproduced by 3rd parties for sale (unlike nearly all other distro's -- including Redhat). So you are paying for the distribution technology. This is certainly one of the reasons I use Suse. It seems to me to be completely legitimate to ask what the future holds in this regard.
Suse in my experience almost never respond to feedback or info emails. It is time they did.
This is a matter of a business transaction. Suse sit outside the free distribution chain so common in Linux - therefore they should respond in a business like manner.
Flames to /dev/null. Creative comments to Suse.
Cliff
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