On Thursday, November 24, 2011 01:31 PM Roger Luedecke wrote:
On Thursday, November 24, 2011 01:08:12 PM Dennis Gallien wrote:
If on the other hand our real target users are those like most of us, i.e., intermediate and power users, sysadmins, developers, engineers, free-software disciples, etc. then I entirely withdraw my initial recommendations. While we should expect there to be no genuine "show-stopper" bugs, otherwise the vast majority of us and others that may join us are able to work thru the inevitable glitches in a new release. Some of us will (and many do) wait for later stability, others will jump in immediately. We understand the trade-offs. We may get frustrated, but we certainly shouldn't be surprised.
The above quote is more our target. "Linux for adults." Though we don't mind the newb, we have no intention of dumbing down any of our tech. If you want commercial grade stability and support you get SUSE Linux Enterprise, openSUSE has no warranties.
Thx for the reply, although linux for "adults" might be a bit, er, undiplomatic. :) Personally, I'm not only fine with that focus, I prefer it. If this has been clearly communicated in our public positioning and announcements for potential new users coming from Windows, I sure have missed it and apologize profusely. Mea culpa. Perhaps you would point me to what I've overlooked? Since my concern appears to have been one of messaging rather than project strategy (and since you are an Ambassador), may I also just add that IMHO the "not for beginners" message (or some qualification thereof, such as "beginners but only the adventurous") is missing from the user forums. Maybe that has changed in the last couple years, and if so, a second mea culpa. But having spent a heckuva lot of time working the forums, I can testify to the (painful) wave of beginners that hit us following every release. Eventually I couldn't afford the time any longer. That's why I switched to the mailing lists where, ya know, more of the adults live ;-) 'Nough said. This has taken a lot more of folks' time than intended. Thanks much again, for the clarification. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org