Chris Martin wrote:
>
> I agree with pretty much everything said. But, let me say that the average Joe
> computer user doesn't like this sorta talk. By the very fact that we are all
> reading a mailing list, we are already much different than the vast majority of
> computer users, and potential Linux users, out there. The average Joe hears
> "cheap/free" and "powerful" in conjuncton with Linux. From this, they don't
> want to make any choices of flavor, they just want Linux installed as easily and
> running as transparently (up to some point) as possible. So, while we all
> sit back and agree about things in theory, and about how this or that will or
> will not affect various distbns, I think that things will not go this way. The
> average Joe (and big $$) drives the market (hence, microslop). So, this
> brings us back to the fact that like it or not, RedHat and their buddies are
> on a track wholly different than the others; one in which they have paid some
> attention to detail, at least as regards image and the like and being involved
> with the "right" people. I know this does not a good product make. . .but
> good products aren't what people spend millions on every year (again.,
> witness microslop). But hey, I am still rooting for Linux generally, and
> especially for SuSE. But SuSE can't even keep a website maintained and up
> to date (6.0?), so how can they possibly keep the uneducated masses even vaguely
> happy. . . .I fear they can't. Just wait until RH spends a little time and well
> funded effort on German distbns. . . .I think SuSE's claim to German fame will
> quickly fall by the wayside too. . . .$$$ knows no borders. . . ..boo hoo.
Well said - I've been preaching that for months,
but much less eloquently.
George
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