SuSE, Linux and the future

[Randall Hofland]

    I would hate to see Linux beome another fractured UNIX, or have all
the distros owned by the big hardware manufacturers. I have long
preferred SuSE after mediocre experiences with earlier RH and Mandrake
editions.
    But the bottom line is that Linux needs to be the OS of choice for
most Intel/AMD workstations. As the windowing environments evolve, we
need useful applications and above all, an installed OS base to use the
apps on.
    Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSe and the rest need to get together to provide
some uniformity that the more casual end user will appreciate. Microsoft
Windows may such in some ways but the customers keep buying it because
it has lotsa apps and is "somewhat" converient to use (compare these
qualities to those of Linux and Macintosh).
    2.4 breaks now ground for Linux. It is very close to becoming
unstoppable and will succeed IF it can begin to make serious inroads
into the broader consumer base. I for one am looking to get discarded
boxes and installing SuSE plus a few apps to give away to those in need
of cheap workstations. I could even see Corel going far if they would
only do something similar with the WordPerfect office suite just so the
customer base was there to grow and upgrade heaven followed.

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