Keith Winston
Does this mean that the SuSE Pro version will also stay pretty much the same?
The genealogy is something like this: SuSE Linux -> SuSE Linux Enterprise Server -> UnitedLinux. 1) SuSE Linux, the normal distribution is the basis of all. 2)SLES is based on this, enhanced to suit the needs of a business environment and combined with a guaranteed two years of maintenance. 3)UL will be based on SLES, incorporating changes and additions as necessary to make it suit all partners. This means that any basic changes for SLES are part of SL and many changes for UL will be part of SLES.
Will there be per seat licensing (like Caldera) for any SuSE versions, consumer or UnitedLinux?
The SuSE Linux Enterprise Server already is, AFAIK (I'm developer, not a sales/marketing person), licensed per seat. The normal distribution, i.e. SuSE Linux Personal/Pro, will stay where they are in terms of license.
Some view UnitedLinux as pure marketing hype, others as an alliance with too many partners and doomed to fail.
It's not pure marketing hype, at least it's not as its intended. And it's also IMO not too many partners.
It's still too early for me to have much of an opinion so I'll just wait and see.
And that's also my POV. Yes, we've known a bit longer about it, but only time and development will show. Philipp