Comments on: Announcing Hack Week III

By: robin

robin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:27:44 +0000

UUH, ryan, I am sorry to say this but you obviously have no clue about why/how OpenSuSe works. The reason why all this is opensource, is so that they don’t become another monopoly like Microsoft. These people, these developer’s are doing all this for us. So that when we want our computer to work, without having to buy a new version of windows every ten days, we just install these operating systems, and get to have a wonderful system. If openSuSE were out to get money (“profit”) then they would have done that YEARS ago, and would be doing exactly what the other monopoles are doing.

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:47:48 +0000

The point about Apple…you have to buy their hardware. SUSE is better than that. You can’t buy MacOSX on a retail shelf yet, but Linux remains a possibility.

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:30:52 +0000

No, don’t misunderstand me.

The biggest problem with openSOURCE: buy a subscription for one computer and install 20 computers at no additional cost. No profit :(.

openSUSE could still be freely downloaded by anyone! But, there are desktop solutions, peer-to-peer networking solutions, that Novell already has that could be licensed and would allow only for one install on each computer. This would take Microsoft’s business model to Linux – truly the next business model for Linux.

Think about it. If two companies had this kind of offering, but each had a different offering, they could partner and generate more revenue. The result could potentially be a better desktop that people would be willing to pay for.

Or they could download the version without the proprietary software. What ever they want.

Just don’t be a slave to anyone. Feed your family and let Linux and proprietary software thrive!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:46:33 +0000

Isn’t the whole POINT of ‘OpenSource’ to NOT be locked in to Licensing? (As in NOT Proprietory?) — Also, Apple already does exactly what you’re proposing, and they only have

5% of the market. — I believe SuSE do better than that, if they don’t fall into the trap of trying to be another Apple Computer Co.

By: ryan

ryan — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:58:16 +0000

Question from hacker hobbiest and concerned N shareholder: What scripting languages are most important/common in this distribution? My knowledge mostly pertains to Windows.

Also, SUSE needs a hardware compatibility program to run before installation. How much of it could be scripted??

Embracing the GNU GPL…

Why not exclusively sell box sets containing a licensed proprietary package (let’s say $100) with manuals, disks, stickers… When entering the PID, it would then be combined with a hardware ID and stored in N’s database so that the license (for the proprietary software) could only be installed on 3 machines. Everything else covered under the GNU GPL will be respected.