I know this has come up in the past and now is as good a time to restart it as any time.
Will there be a renaming from SUSE OSS to openSUSE as discussed in the past? For people it is not clear what is what and when you look at the realease table, there are so many explanations needed (5 of them), because it is not clear otherwise. First you have the distribution, then you have the status, then you have the edition and also the naming for some (Factory anybody?) It feels as if there are way too many versions with only minor differences. As they will be identical after adding Installation Sources, is it really needed to have that many versions? e.g. why the Evaluation AND the OSS version? Drop the Evaluation and use the space for a CD 6 for those who need the software on CD. This would make things less complicated. You have the full retail version. Boxed. You get support, DVD and CD's and a nice box. Next you have the OSS version (preferably named openSUSE) wich you can download as DVD or CD.¹ Two versions with clear distictions. I am sure Novell will be able to still sell support on the OSS version, jus as they do with the Evaluation version. A lot simpeler for new people to choose from. Sure a lot of people will ask what the difference is. Explaining this will be however a LOT easier. ¹If there would be a tool available that would turn the 5 (or 6) CD's into 1 DVD on Linux, Mac and Windows (OK, three tools) the DVD for OSS would not even be needed, again saving lots of space. houghi -- Bees are very busy souls They have no time for birth controls And that is why in times like these There are so many Sons of Bees. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
