On 27/10/06 06:03, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* John Andersen [10-27-06 01:56]:

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Well if it were truly Open, you could contribute development work. but since OpenSuse is a house pet of Novel maybe the best bet is to buy SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. ;-)

Completely false, you do not know what you are talking about.

join opensuse list and *read*.

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What are you two going on about? He wants to send them more money than the box costs.. since this is Novell Corp and they don't need any extra money (probably wouldn't be allowed to accept it anyway), he could always send large sums of cash to a couple of poorly paid SuSe guys, like Andreas and Marcus (who will, of course, then send a large share of it to me, for making this suggestion) 8-)

On 27/10/06 10:17, Randall R Schulz wrote:

On Friday 27 October 2006 09:11, Darryl Gregorash wrote:

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since this is Novell Corp and they don't need any extra money ...

Weren't they recently downgraded to penny stock status?

If they're penny stock now, they must have been for 5 years.. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=NOVL&t=5y

If you believe in SUSE then one of the best ways to support it with out contributing much would be to buy stock in Novell. By purchasing stock you give Novell the power to invest more resources in the SUSE product line thereby increasing SUSE overall worth and the stocks. This also increases your return on investment. Everybody wins!!! Remember if you are a share holder you have voting rights and can help influence the future and direction of the company. -- Time for disclaimer just so SEC or any other body comes after me. I am not financial adviser, and this is not investment advice. Stocks are risky so you should always consult a financial adviser before purchasing anything!! Cheers Rylan On Sat, 2006-10-28 at 23:22 +0200, Marcin Zalewski wrote:

suse-linux-e@suse.com

On Monday 30 October 2006 19:20, Darryl Gregorash wrote:

On 30/10/06 10:01, Rylan Cottrell wrote:

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If you believe in SUSE then one of the best ways to support it with out contributing much would be to buy stock in Novell. By purchasing stock you give Novell the power to invest more resources in the SUSE product <snip>

Time for disclaimer just so SEC or any other body comes after me. I am not financial adviser, and this is not investment advice....

This would be of absolutely no use whatsoever to Novell Corporation, unless the purchase was made on a new share offer from the company. Otherwise, you are merely trading in stock already held by another shareholder, and the money goes to his pocket, not Novell's.

That's mostly but not entirely true. If demand for shares bids up their price, then Novell's increased market capitalization makes it easier and cheaper for them to obtain debt financing (i.e., loans). IANAMBA (and very proud of the fact) Randall Schulz

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The Monday 2006-10-30 at 19:40 -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote:

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IANAMBA (and very proud of the fact)

cer@nimrodel:~> wtf IANAMBA Gee... I don't know what IANAMBA means...

:-?

I am not a Master of Business Administration. Cheers. -- I'm dangerous when I know what I'm doing.

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cer@nimrodel:~> wtf IANAMBA Gee... I don't know what IANAMBA means...

Well, everyone knows what IANAL means, right?

No, I didn't... I had to look it up. You know, English is not my first language.

So the difference between IANAL and IANAMBA is "MBA".

Ah. X-) - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFFR2kBtTMYHG2NR9URAlnkAKCRHFCu1aBKlpR9uwsIXAh4K2BG4gCfbS6C JnEiQebgila9Ep4m5iE6cCg= =fEDQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Novell has 339 million shares outstanding which dilutes the price already. Also do not forget by contributing to the SUSE community you help build a better product in which Novell sells services for. The more services Novell sells the more money it generates thereby raising the value of the stock. Maybe Novell should come out with a community stock option plan? If those in the community are owners, I think it would help encourage more involvement thereby creating a better product. On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 11:08 -0500, Greg Freemyer wrote:

On 10/31/06, Carlos E. R. wrote:

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Well, everyone knows what IANAL means, right?

No, I didn't... I had to look it up. You know, English is not my first language.

Don't be confused, IANAL is not english. It it is pure geek speak created by english speaking geeks.

I'm sure someone will correct me about the "geek speak" terminology, but standard english it definitely is not.

Greg -- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century

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On Tuesday 31 October 2006 07:08, Greg Freemyer wrote:

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No, I didn't... I had to look it up. You know, English is not my first language.

Don't be confused, IANAL is not english.  It it is pure geek speak created by english speaking geeks.

So its two or three languages removed from Carlos's native tongue depending on whether Carlos is a geek or not.....

I guess I am, sort of, but perhaps we don't play with the language in that way here. And any way, those things are (were) localized. It's now, that internet is becoming cheaper and international, that I become exposed to those terms. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFFSIOctTMYHG2NR9URAtc3AJ470cXYSshKlmOoqHAIcr2i1PO7twCcC2zf I6m725k2Hk8iaDZk1FuuwI8= =Ysqe -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----