On Tuesday 05 February 2008 09:35, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
On Tuesday 05 February 2008 6:26:29 am Per Jessen wrote:
Perhaps "Zonker" might feel inclined to introduce himself to the list?
Hi!
Please pardon my tardiness here -- there are a lot of channels of communication within openSUSE, and I'm just getting started. I do plan to be actively participating on the lists. Also, feel free to shoot me an email directly if you wish to have a discussion about something off-list. (zonker@opensuse.org or jzb@zonker.net)
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:-)
-- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager jzb@zonker.net | zonker@opensuse.org http://zonker.opensuse.org/ | http://www.dissociatedpress.net/
Well, Zonker, I think that the consensus here on the list is that Novell should make boxed editions with manuals available for purchase, and for best effect, (IMHO) should make them available at the same time as the on-line release--before everyone finds out how crappy the release really is. I see that there was some discussion about reliability vs. bleeding edge, and I don't know what the consensus of that was, but I'm running 9.3, if that tells you anything. (And I have 10.0, which I bought.) If Novell will sell SuSE with some legal drivers which are now left out,and sell it thru Staples and/or bookstores, it would really help to spread the product around, which I assume they would like to do. And might even make some money-- who's paying for all this freeware, anyway? BTW, I'm not in favor of .pdf "manuals." I don't really want to burn a ream of printer paper and a half cup of toner just to have the manual in my lap in my armchair. That strikes me as awfully inefficient, not to mention expensive. It will be interesting to see what effect you have on Novell, and I wish you the best of luck with that endeavor. --doug Blessed are the peacemakers ... for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M. Greeley -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org