Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4417 mails)

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

well, the problem I have with this model is that IBM's power based systems
are almost exclusively SuSe right now and in the near future...so you can
bet Armonk is watching both of these really closely...



On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, LinuxWorld999 wrote:

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kaare Rasmussen" <kar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 2:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [SLE] novell
>
>
> > Hi
> >
> > >  I would guess that it's in Novell's best interest to keep the price of
> > > SuSE as low or lower than it is now. It's in their best interest
> > > (selling server OS's) for SuSE to become the new standard. 'Til I see
> > > otherwise, I'll take this as good news.
> >
> > Novell could let SuSE and Ximian work together to make the best desktop
> ever.
> > So there's a big opportunity for a very brght future.
> >
> > OTOH, Novell has historically been excellent to make marketing disasters
> for
> > end user software. WordPerfect, Corel, GroupWise, the Java Office Suite,
> ...
>
> Lots of disasters and hardly any successes.  Hardly a recipe for taking SuSE
> to new heights.  The fear is the SuSE could be next in the list.
>
> OTOH, Novell has historically been excellent to make marketing disasters for
>  end user software. WordPerfect, Corel, GroupWise, the Java Office Suite,
> SuSE (Provisional)
>
>
> LW999
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