Hi Scott, On Sunday 01 May 2005 02:26, Scott Leighton wrote:
On Saturday 30 April 2005 12:43 am, Colin Carter wrote:
Scott, I respect your response, ... snip Colin,
Don't misunderstand, I'm not saying that I agree with Novell's marketing decisions. I'm just pointing out that SuSE Pro is not designed nor marketed to be a windows killer. snip I love SuSE Pro, but it is never going to be suitable for the normal users of the world when the specific niche it is created for is power users who want bleading edge software that releases every 6 months. Scott, it is interesting that you joined the concepts "power users" & "who want bleeding edge software". I only want the first part ... please... ;-) My guess is that they see no profit in trying to address that gap in their product line, taking M$ on directly in that mass market would take a huge marketing investment, they can probably get a much better return going after the enterprise. Maybe they don't, but I do. I am trying to develop some software to market on the SuSE platform. If the O.S. was as easy to manage as XP I would have been six months further down the development trail.
I think that if Linux was as easy to install as XP + Developer Studio then it would be easier for applications programmers and thus the development of "public use" applications would encouraged. Anyway, that's just my idea. Meanwhile, I am committed to SuSE.
Scott Regards, Colin