translation (summary) what I said:
>> I see that on your site you link Debian and mandrake. >> >> may be you could also link openSUSE, especially >> now that we have a french web site >> >> http://fr.opensuse.org >> > the answer: > * we can't list all the available linux distrot > * Mandriva is a french reference distribution > for the ease of use by beginners, and Mandriva gives support that we think may ease the migration to open source applications, it's important for us to show that open source apps are available for all and than a first experience with open source will not be negative > > * we give privilege to tu AFUL members (as physical persona as associations or companies) and structure that sign with us press releases, relay our communications and help our actions it's the case for Mandriva (...) * on the other side, Debian is reference for developpers and his development model, philosophy and historical oldness * then we ignored until recently the quality of SUSE distributions and the friendshipness for beginners so we are ready to edit our pages if you give us all the data necessary (for example sending us a new XML source code - ndt:I beg it's for the web page) > * http://www.aful.org/presentations/ecrans.html > * http://www.aful.org/faqs/minifaq > if Novell or structures linked to SUSE subscribed to AFUL or co-sign our press realeases a greated place could be done on our web site. I added on my onwn letter that I had set up a link to them on the wiki and they thanks me for that. AFUL is sort of federation or lobby of french LUGs. The subscription is symbolic (€200 for a company, €20 for individual - annual). It has contacts with the french parliament is (one of) the french authorities in the matter of open source computing. for such contact, we need badly a reference people (http://www.novell.fr/company/contacts) there is a Novell board in Toulouse, so I could even see them there, but without a word from somebody here, I wont be taken as serious... jdd NB: some years ago SUSE was very well seen in France, but SUSE deutchland had I don't know what problem with the French leg and from that SUSE falled (and Mandrake growed) -- http://www.dodin.net http://dodin.org/galerie_photo_web/expo/index.html http://lucien.dodin.net http://fr.susewiki.org/index.php?title=Gérer_ses_photos --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
