On Mon, 21 May 2012 12:16:02 +0000, tertitten wrote:
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exactly what am I expecting except the possibility to debrand/use own
branding that makes you fall of your chair ?[/color]
Well, honestly, it’s the same thing that makes me fall out of my chair.
The idea (as I perceived it) that SUSE should give something access to
something this complex away for free and not expect anything in return
for it. Not even a “hey, look at what can be done with this free tool”
by putting a non-obtrusive logo on the appliance saying “this appliance
was built with our tool”.
That’s not a question of nerve or having a sturdy chair, it’s a question
of being floored that a service that requires a fair bit of
infrastructure to run but is provided at no cost shouldn’t expect that
people who use it accede to the one requirement that their appliances
identify that this free tool was used to build them.
I mean it really, really is a pretty sweet deal even with the branding
requirement, and that seems a very small price to pay for the use of a
tool that has a significant infrastructure behind it.
For those who want the flexibility to completely brand it themselves,
there’s a paid-for version that gives you that flexibility.
But to expect that a company that provides a tool for free have “no
strings attached” but pay for the hardware, infrastructure, support
staff, etc out of their own pocket and expect to give them nothing - not
even a little free advertising (which in general just draws more people
to the free tool anyways) seems just a bit unfair.
Perhaps you’d prefer that they charge a monthly fee for the service
instead?
Jim
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