-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Michal Hlavac wrote:
Dňa Pi 3. November 2006 03:38 Kurt Wall napísal:
Novell has sold out. I don't see how this makes good business sense in the long term, except, of course, for Microsoft and possibly Red Hat. You don't make deals with Microsoft, because they'll find a way to to weasel out of it. Novell, of all companies, should understand this well. Are memories so fscking short? I'm stunned and astonished.
This is now the second time that a distribution and the company behind has sold us down the river. The first time it was OpenLinux and Caldera. Now it is SLES/SLED/openSUSE and Novell. I appreciate the openSUSE != SUSE insofar as openSUSE is, ostensibly at least, a community project, but when Microsoft turns on Novell, _and they will_, I don't want to be around to get any on me. So long.
When I leave M$ (3 years ago) and choose Suse, I felt free... Now I am confusing.... I am deciding to leave suse and choose something like kubuntu... I like to feel free...
Well, wrt that, that deal gives you more guarantees of freedom:
"The two companies, once bitter rivals, plan to also provide patent
coverage for each other's customers for their respective products, the
source said."
(and guess who has the bigger patent portfolio.. that point is a good
thing for us)
And the OP is citing an article that states:
"... technology that makes Linux work on Windows ..."
How qualified is that ? ;)
But if you actually want to quote a wallstreet article:
"Shares of Novell rose 17.55 percent, or $1.03, to $6.90 [...] Microsoft
shares fell 7 cents to $26.74" (it's a good deal for whom ? ;))
Just kidding.
Seriously, this is becoming pathetic. Do you guys actually *read* the
announcements ?
"Microsoft is buying Novell !!" ... geez... wth
Just wait and see. Even Sun has a deal with MS, it didn't kill them (if
something kills Sun, it's their own management - the same can be said
for SUSE btw ;)).
cheers
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