Distribution quotes of the week
[Posted February 13, 2019 by ris]
OpenSUSE is certainly not one of the largest distributions, measured by
number of users. But I dare to say that we might have achieved an
interesting ratio of skilled users and users willing to contribute,
whether it's bugfixing, packaging or testing and meaningful reporting.
There is a long running joke that the reason why openSUSE has no
community is that whenever someone becomes really active in openSUSE
community, he sooner or later ends up as a SUSE employee. Sure, it's
just a joke but as with many others, there is some deep truth hidden in
it. Do we want to risk these users just to attract a lot of passive ones
or even pure consuments of resources? I don't.
—
Michal Kubecek
For me, the email that I received last month is an indication that the openSUSE community can do more to retain its users. And that the openSUSE community should have a better ‘Marketing strategy’ (for the lack of a better term) to make the Contributor Journey a smoother experience. To try to get the roadblocks out of the way for the people that want to be informed or be involved. It is an area where I could see myself contributing to in the future.
—
Martin de Boer
