Mon, 13 Nov 2006, by houghi@houghi.org:
On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 11:55:17PM +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:
This link was posted in another forum:
As many people, Grocklaw is not pro-OSS or pro-Linux or pro-GPL. It is just Anti-Microsoft. Yes, there is a HUGE difference. The Anti-Miceosoft people do not care if they harm Linux in the process of bringing M$ down.
Remember that even Linus is not in it to break down Microsoft. That wil be just a nice side effect. Also it pains me to see that the most FUD comes from OSS and Linux side.
Also read the few following URLs: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2168151/novells-opens-microsoft http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2927608517.html http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS4287912423.html http://en.opensuse.org/Novell_Supported_Projects
You can try to be as positive as you like about this "deal" houghi, but in the end you know just as well as the rest that MS is not in it to make nice with OSS "community" or anyone supporting OSS for that matter, they're it it to find some way to make themselfs come out on top. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/11/microsoft_patent_kuhn_warning/ I for one am not going to spend more money on Novell either, until I am very convinced that this really *is* a good deal for OSS and "freedom as in speech". Theo -- Theo v. Werkhoven Registered Linux user# 99872 http://counter.li.org ICBM 52 13 26N , 4 29 47E. + ICQ: 277217131 SUSE 9.2 + Jabber: muadib@jabber.xs4all.nl Kernel 2.6.8 + See headers for PGP/GPG info. Claimer: any email I receive will become my property. Disclaimers do not apply. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org