OT [Cialug] Time for Suse funeral?
Dave J. Hala Jr.
dave at 58ghz.net
Mon Nov 7 12:02:57 CST 2005
I don't know if I agree about it "being hard to move dev's from one
project to another". Maybe it is hard to do in a larger organization.
For me, I change projects all the time. Its kinda like: "Do what pays or
starve"
Its always bumpy switching to another code base. Somedays I look at some
of the code I'll be working on and think I'd rather starve, but thats
just the way life is.
It seems ironic to use the phrase "Change direction and focus" But if
your target moves, you gotta move. I think software development
now-a-days is more like dropping laser guided smart bombs. Pick your
target, if it moves, adjust. After the big explosion, move on to the
next target.
:) Dave
On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 11:48, Josh More wrote:
> I actually brought this up with one their development directors at the
> last conference.
> I believe I used the phrase "just pick a horse and back it, already".
>
> He replied that the reason they don't do that is that you can't just
> move
> devs from one project to another, and that picking one horse means
> laying everyone else off. Apparently things have changed.
>
> FWIW, I am running SUSE 10 and find it to quite usable.
>
> I am also on the fence regarding the KDE/Gnome thing.
> My main issue right now is that I really like konqueror and krename.
> If, at the next meeting, someone can show me how to easilly set
> "open with" and do mass renaming in a Gnome environment, I would
> appreciate it.
>
>
>
>
> --
> -Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP
> morej at alliancetechnologies.net
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>
> >>>dave at 58ghz.net 11/07/05 11:05 am >>>
> My experience with Novell, is that they have always made great
> products
> -for Geeks. (I switched to Linux before Netware 5, so I can't comment
> on
> that one)
>
> That said, my main gripe with Novell is that they have never been
> really
> focused. They're all over the place.
>
> I was glad to see the move to Linux and granted it was a bold move,
> but
> it made sense. However, they did go linux and went about ten differant
> directions at once. I'm glad to see them have a little tighter focus.
>
> One could say Novell went a bunch of differant directions with Linux,
> so
> that they could "see" what was to become a "viable" component of their
> business. (I do this alot) However, I think they worked hard and had a
> little luck on their side. I really doubt that it was "planned".
>
> That said, I'm a little disappointed to see some of the focus move off
> of Evolution, but there a billion things that could be done to improve
> Gnome, and that is good thing. (Even though I prefer KDE).
>
> :) Dave
>
>
> On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 10:44, David Stout wrote:
> >For those who are interested this article explanins the rumor.
> >
> >http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1882118,00.asp
> >
> >Aaron Jensen <aaron at aaronjensen.net> wrote:
> > I wouldn't be getting too worked up. Looking like the whole
> > article was based on rumor as Novell made an announcement
> this
> > morning that the whole article was false. What was announced
> > is that they will be removing KDE and switching to GNOME.
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> > On 11/7/05, Lee <leeh at csi-rics.com> wrote:
> > If you read the responses at the bottom of that page
> > (assuming they can
> > be believed). it sounds like author of that article
> > may have taken
> > things out of perspective, to say the least.
> >
> > Anthony Jeffries wrote:
> >
> > >On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 08:07:52AM -0600, Paul Gray
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 05:43:53AM -0800, David
> > Stout wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>I have a newer computer that I was hoping to load
> > SuSe 10.0 on. Now what? Any suggestions?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>Debian, of course.
> > >>
> > >>Just trying to help.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >Along a similar line (i.e. Debian-like distros), try
> > Ubuntu
> > >(www.ubuntulinux.org). I'm using that on my laptop
> > now.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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