Steve Crane wrote:
> Lawrence Sayre wrote:
> >
> > The only glitch in the ointment is that roughly 80% of the Linux Journal
> > survey respondants were from Germany, which is where SuSE originates
> > from, and where SuSE is number one (as it is in all of Europe if memory
> > serves). It's number one in my book also, however!
>
> I don't see that the percentage of German respondents is all that
> relevant. LJ is a US magazine and so US readers had just as much, if
> not more opportunity to respond than anyone in other countries. The
> fact that more Germans responded only tells me that they may be more
> passionate about their distribution than others are.
>
> I posted this opinion to my local LUG's (GLUG in Johannesburg, South
> Africa) list earlier this week and someone replied that if US citizens
> are often too apathetic to vote for their president for the next few
> years it's a bit much to expect them to vote for an OS.
>
Well, from one non-apathetic U.S. citizen, and SuSE user, let me say that the
fact that the respondents were %80 Deutsche is of significance given that it
is the way products sell and are percieved in the US which will have some of
the biggest influence on the ultimate success of a product (in the US!).
(Like it or not) It just seems that in light of Netscape and Intel sinking
money into RedHat (is this true?!) and the wider availibility of the package
at bookstores, etc. , that a majority German response in favor of SuSE (which
I love) is unfortunately, I think. not too indicative of future movement.
That said. . . .Go SuSE !!!
chris
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