Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4570 mails)

[Phil Savoie <psavoie1783@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On November 10, 2005 00:38, Steven T. Hatton wrote:
> It's a screwed up situation all around.  I sure don't want to screw the
> rest of SuSE more than they already been screwed.  I don't believe Novell
> execs quite understand what "free" in free software means.  I'm not gonna
> slam the rank and file.  They have some good people there.
>
> Steven

Well I sincerely hope Novel doesn't screw this acquisition up like they did 
with WordPerfect and their linux version of it.  I remember buying a copy of 
it and half the software was missing (like just the fonts of all things).  
The linux version of it worked so well they unloaded it real quick to some 
other company whom I can't remember the name of where I haven't heard a peep 
about it since.

But seeing as how we have a Novel office in Ottawa, Canada, where I live, and 
have been fully warned not to work there as (I have heard) they treat their 
employees like a sweatshop operation. Seeing how key personnel from SuSE are 
leaving one by one, I think the writing is on the wall.

The last time I saw key people leaving a company I worked for like this, it 
went belly up within a year. 

Certainly hope this doesn't happen with SuSE.  I feel their product is 
outstanding and more than that extremely stable for what my needs are.  It 
just seems a pity that whenever a company acquires another, it's always the 
old way is bad and the acquiring company's way is always the best and only 
way.

I just certainly hope I am wrong.

Phil