On 12/6/2011 7:59 AM, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
On 06/12/11 12:37, LinuxIsOne wrote:
Hi,
I was just thinking that though openSUSE is more smooth and works better and has more clean architecture than Ubuntu but still why Ubuntu is more popular?
Thanks.
The answer to that question is pretty simple, canonical (the company behind ubuntu) has invested more money in advertising and marketing than in development or improving linux, hence has reached out more to the masses.
True story: Some years ago, I managed a small computer manufacturer (white box, if you will). One day I get a call from a very Euro sounding young woman, seemingly dutch, asking for our street address. I gave it, and asked why she needed it, and she said "we are sending you a package". Three weeks later, a badly battered surface mail box arrived from Europe, full of Ubuntu CD roms, for both the workstation and server editions, with a not saying please offer these to your customers free of charge. So we did. At first they didn't move. The highschool kids started showing up asking for them. (This was in the days when many in those parts had dial up). So there is some truth to this outreach and advertising idea. -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org