We're all grown up: openSUSE is not SUSE
and it's time our name reflected that.
Richard is from England but currently lives in Fürth in Germany, and is employed as Software Architect (Distributions) at SUSE. Involved in openSUSE/SUSE since 2003, Richard has contributed to various aspects of the project, including supporting users on IRC, testing/bug reporting, packaging, artwork, and governance, serving as the projects Chairman for 5 years. Most recently, Richard created openSUSE Aeon, which he proudly uses as his daily driver.
Robert Sirchia
I am Robert Sirchia the Head of Community Evangelism at SUSE. I have been working in technology for over 17 years. Most of that time has been spend in the .NET and Microsoft space. Moved towards the cloud when .NET became a first-class citizen on them. And I have never left, from Cloud Foundry to Kubernetes. I have led several large modernization efforts. I built out my last companies cloud practice. Putting together service offerings, comprehensive training and marketing. I have worked across a few industries from real estate to financial institutions. I have also did work with both energy & chemical companies and politics.
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openSUSE is a project with a long proud heritage, however at it's heart we've always had a recurring problem. openSUSE is not SUSE. This session will investigate the problems that the Project and Companies shared names have caused both over the years. Assumptions will be challenged, expectations will be broken, and the session will kick off a grass roots effort from a number of community members to propose openSUSE finds a new, less ambiguous name for itself.
- Date:
- 2024 June 28 - 13:45
- Duration:
- 45 min
- Room:
- Saal
- Conference:
- openSUSE Conference 2024
- Language:
- Track:
- openSUSE
- Difficulty:
- Easy