On Wednesday 09 November 2005 02:10 pm, Jerry Feldman wrote:
On Wednesday 09 November 2005 11:39 am, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
On Wednesday 09 November 2005 10:51 am, Jerry Feldman wrote:
Fedora over SuSE because of misinformation.
Do you know what shelf space is?
I grew up in retailing with my first job in a discount store when I was 15.
But there are 2 different distros here, SLES and SuSE Linux. SuSE Linux, like Fedora, is intended for the desktop where SLES is intended as an enterprise server.
That is not my understanding of the comments made by the Novell exec quoted in the article recently posted here.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1679393,00.asp (Oct 18) "Contrary to earlier reports, the Waltham, Mass.-based Novell has changed its plans and will not release a "best of breed" Linux desktop that combines the best features from the GNOME and KDE environments, said Ted Haeger, the Linux Desktop's director of marketing. Instead, users will be offered an option for either KDE or GNOME during the installation process".
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1882118,00.asp (Nov. 5th) "Enterprise desktops, however, have been moving toward GNOME". <quote> KDE libraries will be supplied on both, but the bulk of Novell's interface moving forward will be on GNOME. [Sounds like the focus is on GNOME.]
"The entire KDE graphical interface and product family will continue to be supported and delivered on OpenSuSE," said Mancusi-Ungaro. [I hope that's not the kind of "support" we currently get for the GNOME.] [...] Enterprise _desktops_, however, have been moving toward GNOME. The Red Hat Desktop, for instance, is based on GNOME. [...] "I can understand being upset. For these guys, on both sides, these are their babies. But saying that Novell is killing its Linux desktop because they picked GNOME over KDE is going way too far," [Mancusi-Ungaro] said. "I really don't care which is the default _desktop_. I'm just happy we picked one. _It_ _makes_ _no_ _sense_ _to_ *_support_* *_two_* *_desktops_* that do the same thing when you're _trying_ _to_ _cut_ _costs_." </quote>