Hello all Cookers and Mandrake developers! I am interested in your opinions: wether LM can be bundled with some networking hardware, and if answer is "yes", what subset of current LM should be included?
Reason why I post this question on Cooker list: * there is a lot of network-experienced people subscribed to it. * all subscribed people use Linux, and very well experienced in it both Linux and networking hardware * probably, some people also work in mixed enviroments (with Windows servers and/or Windows workstations) - so you know how you can integrate both together * Mandrake developers read this list - so, it's possible to get input "from the first hand" I have to admit that I recently took management position in one networking company (mostly hardware), which manufacturers NICs, hubs, switches, print servers, routers, wireless cards/routers, ADSL modems, etc. Visiting company headquarters last week, I used opportunity to talk to Strategic Development Director, and asked him wether company is interested to make some software bundles, in particular, with Linux. After some thinking, he told me that it's definitly interesting option. And asked me to provide some ideas and contacts. Therefor, I'd like to ask all of you what do you think about it. My basic idea behind such bundle is to increase Linux awareness and, may be, provide for Mandrake some long-term growth opportunities (I can send more details to Mandrake people off-list) Despite a lot of claims that Linux is "getting ground", it's penetration into corporations and SMB is still quite small. As far as I know, there are no Linux servers or desktops in a company I am working for. :-(( If we managed to penetrate networking /server market first - next step can be Desktop. But I would not go to Desktop bundles for now (while still it can be an option in the fiture, may be, with network interface cards or Wireless cards) In my opinion, Linux provides great flexibility for System Administrators - you can do a lot with it what require much more resources when you use Windows. But most System Administrators are just not aware of this. So, providing an option for them to test Linux and possibly to install/use later is a very good idea, IMO. Question is what Linux apps should be bundled, and how they need to be installed. So, I bed on your experience and opinions, and invite you to discuss topic - either on mailing list or off-list. My Best Regards, -- Vadim Plessky http://kde2.newmail.ru (English) 33 Window Decorations and 6 Widget Styles for KDE http://kde2.newmail.ru/kde_themes.html KDE mini-Themes http://kde2.newmail.ru/themes/
