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Johannes Nohl schrieb:
|> I'm afraid you're right on that, but I hope that they at least
|> appreciate the feedback they got from us. It could sometimes be more
|> worth than an advice of a Goldman Sachs investment banker... ;)
| Good point. Finnally you could ask yourself how long there will be a
| community version of suse at all. Whether they don't listen to their
| users demands or there won't be users because they went away to
| another distro.
| I ask again: If I'm forced to replace opensuse on some projects to a
| distribution with a longer life cycle why should I keep opensuse on my
| desktop?
Let's brainstorm:
1. SLES with certificates, 24/7 support, provided warranties, etc and
with several years of support agreement for a proper calculated charge.
2. Opensuse Community, bleeding edge, *only* downloadable, free of
charge for guinea pigs like me. :)
3. Opensuse Comminity LTS, *only* privat-buyable, coz with no
possibility of support agreement or warranties, with printed handbook,
paying let say 100$ at once.
Thus:
Novel would cover existing demand.
Novel gains indirectly on image and reputation.
Most users would stick to the brand; To be honest, 100$ it's probably
less painful then getting acquainted with a new distro.
I do strong believe there will be not much companies substituting SLES
with Opensuse LTS because most of the risk management routines in those
companies would forbid it... but if so, then that would be IMO better
for novel than let his users substitute Opensuse with e.g. Centos.
Some of us, however, would really love to substitute Opensuse with
Opensuse LTS e.g. for servers.
A Opensuse LTS would thus generate an additional cash flow for novel or
opensuse.org. The latest means less subvention for opensuse.org provided
by novel or better salaries for the devs.
I'm convinced that a LTS release would neither endanger the current
position of Opensuse Community release nor make it obsolete for users.
There is an urge among users for bleeding edge software which suits new
hardware and make GNU/Linux look fancy.
And btw no sane user would mix up a stable LTS with bleeding edge
packages, and pay for that "comfort" 100$.
Now the easy task: Calling a Goldman Sachs investment banker and let him
valuate such an investment strategy...
...hopefully not by the means of WACC ;)
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All the best, Peter J. N.
aedon DESIGNS
http://www.hochzeitsbuch.info
http://www.hochzeitsbuch.selfip.com
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