suse_gasjr4wd@mac.com wrote:
On 8/3/05 12:05 PM, "Sid Boyce" <sboyce@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
That's good news if the boxed versions are not sawn off versions under the name of SuSE Pro. The move tells me they don't make much money from private sales, it's the corporate buyers with maintenance contracts that bring in the money, so that may be the focus. Regards Sid.
OK, I guess I just don't understand what this means. Can someone explain what this means to Mr. Joe User? (And please speak real slow and not in geek speak.)
Is it they will let anyone work on the distribution? The pro version will be the same, so what's the dif?
I have been following the thread, but just don't get it. I just don't understand. :(
What this means they want to concentrate their effort and manpower on the more lucrative Enterprise Edition. The community version will be aimed at Linux enthusiasts, not at the casual user at home who wants a Windows that has the name Linux. In short they have given up the idea of selling Linux as a replacement for users of Windows. The consequences of this is that they will probably not spend as much effort as now to ensure a distribution with as few problems as possible. They will use more recent versions of software with the expectation that bugs will be discovered and hopefully even fixed by the community. If a software version has been thoroughly tested, cursed and fixed until it runs stable and reliable it will then be included in the Enterprise Edition. You can compare it to the "stable" and "development" versions of software. That is the community part. I only hope they will reduce the price of the box accordingly if they aren't even willing to call it "Professional" any more. Also timely ftp versions would be appreciated. I'll wait and see if they will reduce the support time to one year as Redhat has done for the community version. Sandy -- List replies only please! Please address PMs to: news-reply (@) japantest (.) homelinux (.) com