As I see it, adopting one of the proposed strategy which all seem to significantly narrow down the scope of the project follow an exclusionary logic possibly alienating current and potential users and contributors which have a different focus in the project. I'd like to propose a very simple alternative, which in contrast to the other proposals aims to include and accommodate: openSUSE should be (remain?) a general-purpose OS. The strategy proposals ("KDE #1", "mobile and cloud", "developers" and "derivatives", "power users") should not be adopted as a general strategy but rather delegated to the respective teams (mobile, KDE, etc.) which are interested in adopting them. The above strategies are not mutually exclusive with some coordination they can be made compatible with each other (e.g. by removing the "will not focus on applications not related to development" clauses). In other words openSUSE can continue to be the preferred KDE distro, a useful base for derivative distributions and appliances, and it can become even more attractive among developers or for mobile usage, all at the same time. Yet adopting a strategy from those mentioned above narrowing down the focus of the project will go at the expense of those contributors and users with different interests. In particular, openSUSE should remain an OS targeting both developers and all kinds of end-users. People like to use what they are familiar with, if it runs satisfactorily on their desktop and it additionally provides the needed tools for other specific purposes they will likely be inclined to use it for these purposes as well. In particular students being exposed to openSUSE during school or uni might promote it (or SLES) later in their workplace (a long term strategy which seems to work well for Microsoft). This recognizes and accommodates the diversity of interests within the project and still aims at delivering a single coherent product. Creating derivative distributions is already a strength due to the Build Service and Studio, following the "base for derivatives" on the other hand poses the risk of fragmentation and a duplication of efforts. The general framework for this is already provided by the Guiding Priciples which I'll cite once again: We want to... [...] ...create a distribution which is stable, easy to use and a complete multi-purpose distribution for users and developers, for desktop and server use, for beginners and experienced users, for everybody. -- Guido Berhoerster -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org