-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 29 April 2003 11:33 am, Graham Smith wrote:
This may prove interesting reading
SuSE has introduced a new Linux operating system product geared for telecommunications companies, named several new executives and signed up an advertising agency to elevate the German company's profile.
It's about time! I'm tired of only hearing the RH fanboys in the U.S. (nothing wrong with RH - I'm just biased and want to see SuSE compete in the market place, tired of seeing RH only ads, etc...). I think SuSE has much more to offer and they have been relatively conservative in the marketing and advertising front. I don't want it to become like so many American companies where the marketing/advertising divisions of many U.S. companies have a bit too much "carte blanche" when it comes to the company direction and product line (not to mention the habit of "over" hyping things that the developers can't logically deliver - can you say M$?). But, all the same, SuSE needs to blow it's own trumpet a bit more IMHO so the word gets out. Not only will this be good for SuSE, it will also be good for the community and the comsumers - corporate, SOHO, and end-user. My only real concern is that this be done in a well rounded fashion. I mean, if the marketing works as it should then both exposure and sales will increase. This in turn puts higher demands on the infrastructure of the company, both in product development and support. I would hate to see people get on board with SuSE and then find they are disenchanted because the get canned letters related to support issues or that the products are pushed out the door and are incomplete or kludgy. This isn't so much of a problem (though some have contentions already). But, if not done at a pace and manner that enables the "whole" company to be on the same page - it could prove to have some negative effects that would hurt the company and product. Overall, this is very good! (Uberalle, immergut ist das - ja! [excuse my German]). Cheers, Curtis. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+r//z7WVLiDrqeksRAiXEAKDkyekdE1fKI2TUZOHymMJRXygvFACgucoj muDrdfM1oEjC5H/1IEg+RRg= =uDkc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----