On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 05:57 -0700, Carlos F. Lange wrote:
Andreas,
Since you are following the discussion, I'll add my 2 cents.
On Tue February 5 2008 00:10:43 Andreas Jaeger wrote:
And how about all of the potential new users out there. They walk into the store and see it on the shelf. They're ticked off at Windows and they say hmmmm......I've heard a little about this. I think I will try this. Otherwise they would have no idea where to go or what to do to download and install SuSE, or if it was even possible for them.
What about cover mounts for magazines? Wouldn't that have the same effect of visibility?
I would say no. Linux magazines have a very low visibility. I have to look hard for them behind the rows and rows of Win and Mac magazines (and I always pull some of them to the front :). But the common user only buys magazines _after_ he/she starts using a system and, even then, such a user may feel overwhelmed by all the overload of Linux programs the magazines tend to offer.
A non-Linux user will browse the shelves of Staples, Best Buy and Future Shop looking for programs to improve their user experience and the openSUSE box would certainly stand out there.
As much as I miss holding the thick administration manual in my hands, I must say that the current package is a good compromise. But there could be an item in the box cover pointing to the "complete administration manual as PDF" and it could be available at the top level, readable from Windows before the installation.
Finally, the stickers. Ah, how I miss the stickers! I would prefer a strip of cheap, small round ones, instead of just one fancy sticker. I removed the Windows sticker from my Thinkpad, but I have nothing to place on its stead. And my computers at the university don't advertise themselves as being different anymore.
-- Carlos FL "It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that." - G. H. Hardy
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