Very nice page and informative ..
On 5/19/11, Jos Poortvliet <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thursday 19 May 2011 11:15:34 Will Stephenson wrote:
>> On Wednesday 18 May 2011 17:05:59 Jos Poortvliet wrote:
>> > For those among us (esp our ambassadors) who frequently talk to people
>> > about openSUSE, I have drafted up three elevator pitches for
>> > respectively
>> > beginner, advanced and pro linux users to explain to them why THEY
>> > should
>> > check out openSUSE.
>> >
>> > The pitches can be found on http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Why_openSUSE
>> > and I'd be very happy with improvements. In case they are obvious,
>> > please
>> > just edit the wiki (that's what it is for) to make sure we don't end up
>> > in huge discussions about minor details* ;-)
>>
>> At LinuxTag I was challenged by a user to say 'why openSUSE over Kubuntu?'
>> and had a think about a better answer than 'our KDE is better'. The
>> answer I gave him was that openSUSE is a project which plays nicer with
>> its neighbours, so by using and contributing to openSUSE you are
>> benefitting Free Software generally, not just Ubuntu. Is that a fair
>> answer? Do should we include such comparisons in our elevator pitches?
>
> Actually, that's in the 2nd and 3rd elevator pitches. For those new to
> linux,
> it's not really relevant - we shouldn't bother them with the
> infighting/competition. But the 2nd and 3rd level (ppl who know linux and
> ppl
> who already contribute) should certainly be told about that. But again, if
> it's not in there clear enough, fix it, as I did have it in mind when
> writing.
>
>> Will
>>
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