On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 09:47:03AM +0200, jdd wrote:
> houghi a écrit :
> 
> >Is this due to the linespeed or the browser you use. This is done on
> >purpose. If you can't see the site, you can't run the software. ;-)
> 
> not true. 

I must type a bigger smiley and explain it is a joke, next time. It was a
joke.

> >Sometimes you can't please everybody.
> 
> what I try to note is that these people are 80% of the 
> world. do you want to cancel 80% of potential users?

If they hold back the development of SUSE, yes. I am not interested in one
distribution for everybody. If that is 80%, then so be it. I am not
intersted in becoming the largest OS, or be a replacement of Windows or
whatever. I just want the best distribution for me.

> we must halt forgetting them. they are the scope of an open 
> source product. they are the future.

open source is not identical to openSUSE. If you are interested in a
distro that can run on every hardware ever made, I  think it is better to
concentrate on a different distribution. DSL is good in that way. There
are other distribution specialized in older or lowerend hardware.

For me it is simple, buy new hardware or use a different distribution.
Sounds harsh? It isn't. With Linux you have the choice to find a solution
that fits you. That solution must not always be Novell.

> stop thinking anybody can afford opteron 2 gb ram 300 gb HD 
> computer.

No I won't. I know I can afford one. For lowerend machines there are
different distributions. I am in it to make the best OS for me, not for
ex-windows users or people with old hardware.
 
> if openSUSE must spread the world, it must run on low end 
> machines first. this is a market windows let alone (any way 
> this market didn't buy windows but stole it :-), we should 
> not do the same.

I disagree. I would say that if openSUSE and Novell were to conentrate on
these lowend machines, they were taking away time (and money) from
development of SUSE.

I realy don't care that low-end machine can't run SUSE. I have a 486 and
it won't run SUSE. So what? I just run a different distribution on it.
I am completely and utterly against the idea that SUSE should be the
solution for each and every machine and situation.

-- 
houghi
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