Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1639 mails)

[Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@xxxxxxxxx>]

The article was sles related primarily, not opensuse.  Can we drop it
since this is not a sles list?


On 2/28/09, Fred A. Miller <fmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Kai Ponte wrote:
> > Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:
> > > > --
> > > > kai
> > > > www.perfectreign.com | www.ecmplace.com
> > > > www.twitter.com/PerfectReign
> > > So  we're in a recession and the company is feeling the pain. Microsoft
> > > just laid people off too. Google had to make some changes too.....
> > >
> > > What does this have to with Opensuse?
> >
> >
> > Only that Novell is openSUSE's parent...
> >
> > "Nor will it help that of the roughly 100 jobs Novell recently
> > terminated, Novell reportedly trimmed 20 percent, or 30 people, from its
> > OpenSuse ranks, according to Linux Magazine. Novell's OpenSuse community
> > lead, Joe Brockmeier, has tried to put a positive spin on these layoffs,
> > but with OpenSuse providing an early testbed for some of the technology
> > that feeds into Suse Linux Enterprise Server, this can't be positive for
> > innovation in Novell's Linux business.
> >
> > But the larger concern is Novell's continued dependence on Microsoft to
> > sell Suse Linux. I have suggested in the past that Novell's reliance on
> > Microsoft appeared to be waning. It appears that I was wrong, as The
> > Register suggests:"
>
> What really needs to be known, is "what" are other distos. who have
> gained market share doing that Novell isn't? openSUSE IS a better
> distro., but somehow "something" isn't being done to gain the market
> share that it should have.
>
> Fred
>
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