thanks for all of your hard work in the past and in the future.
Walter and others who know me have recognized that my style actually made Yoper to what it is. My drive and energy made sure that
1.) The Distro did install even in alpha versions on standard systems (laptops had issues on early versions). I used to test it on many machines and have others test it before releasing to the public.
2.) I made sure all posts where answered in the forum, since then users would come back in masses.
3.) I made sure that I hype Yoper up whenever and wherever I could (even now I intro myself at N with Yoper, since it is my grandchild .... well described, BTW) and help you also.
As far as doing Xgl myself, as long as I work for Novell I seriously cannot do anything actively apart from my Linux enthusiasm, IMHO, since I want to make sure that Yoper's IP is preserved as a community project. Tobias you know that.
As far as calling it Flopper, this is my way to create a memory peg in you to remind you what we should not become. Distrowatch is our measure of success. Top 10 or failure, even more so now that you all have many developers .... I was alone, since someone had to start it, right. But I also know how many hours I did spend on Yoper and those hours made Yoper after all #1 on DW, so honour that, please too.
Even alone I managed to be on top of DW. So keep doing, what you are doing and maybe learn from what I did right too, since after all you are using the concept of a distro, that I invented and gave my internet nickname to. The very similar concept that Ubuntu took on after Yoper and has success with.
As far as this thread is concerned, I am happy that you all have the same visions as I do on what Yoper should be. I have no reason to pull any name, if my name and Linux's name is not negatively affected. A job in NZ is always dependent on this factor and a Flopper would just not allow me to do my job right.
So find ways to keep climbing on DW. Increase the hours you work on things. Focus on detail and on attention to detail. Concentrate every waking hour on Your OS. Be open about things on this list. Passionately fight for Your OS. Live it, breathe it ... and you will be in the top 10 of DW. With that comes for all of you any job you want in the industry as you will market yourself as Yoper V3 people. And V3 is the rocket that will sink Vista. Have ambition and put it into action.
I am just a philosopher trying to win for Linux, so please .... be aware of that .....
Andreas
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