On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, Mark Marsella wrote:
> I agree you need to find a area where there is no real support from an
> existing distro. Or design and implement a similar one to the exisitng
> parade which has something innovative and revolutionary- That's the key but
> sadly it requires alot of thought.
I was trying to think of a niche in which a new distro could do well -
only thing I can think of off-hand is a samba/appletalk-specific
mini-distro. "Out of the Box" replacement for an NT file/print server
might do quite well. Maybe....
A lot of distros, obviously, already come with samba/netatalk installed -
but then you're usually on your own to configure them. If you could ask
"all the right questions" during the install I can see quite a few
small business being interested.
Minimal install on cheap hardware, a SWAT interface?
Also, think on support issues - keeping your distro up-to-date, supplying
patches/fixes etc etc
Billy.
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