Rob Unsworth wrote:

On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, Fred A. Miller wrote:

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Linux may win someday, but Novell will be found dead one morning with mysterious bite marks on its neck.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ratcliffe/index.php?p=216

This view from Simon Phipps (Sun) shows how Microsoft can turn the tables in their favour.

http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/the_morning_after

Novell thinks they had a win :)

We need a European company to step up and buy SuSE from Novell. Likely impossible based on this recent agreement though. -- Until later, Geoffrey Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Benjamin Franklin

On Saturday 04 November 2006 07:42, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

WHAT we need to do is to sit back an wait for a full explanation of the alliance and look for changes affecting openSUSE that do not fit, instead of jumping the gun and condemning something that we really know very little about.

While its true we don't know EVERYTHING, what we do know already seems to violate the GPL. That alone cries out for clarification. If everyone sat back quietly, as you suggest, JUST WHAT IMPETUS would there be for any more detailed explanations coming forward? Had not the huge howl rang out when Novell announced that GNOME would be their focus for SLED (still a laughable decision) 10.2 would be in beta today with Gnome as the default. Saying we should all STFU and not voice our opinions is counter-productive and probably NOT what Novell wants. The want and need to hear the concerns of the community. http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/the_morning_after -- _____________________________________ John Andersen

On Saturday 04 November 2006 10:05 pm, Geoffrey wrote:

Rob Unsworth wrote:

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On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, Fred A. Miller wrote:

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Linux may win someday, but Novell will be found dead one morning with mysterious bite marks on its neck.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ratcliffe/index.php?p=216

This view from Simon Phipps (Sun) shows how Microsoft can turn the tables in their favour.

http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/the_morning_after

Novell thinks they had a win :)

We need a European company to step up and buy SuSE from Novell. Likely impossible based on this recent agreement though.

And why do you think Novell would even sell SuSE?

-- Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Benjamin Franklin

-- Remember fellas, what we do in life echoes in eternity!

On Sat, 2006-11-04 at 16:49 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:

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And why do you think Novell would even sell SuSE?

If the price is right any company will sell..

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Not entirely true. If one can convince shareholders not to agree, you can bid what ever you like. hwit -- pgp-id: 926EBB12 pgp-fingerprint: BE97 1CBF FAC4 236C 4A73 F76E EDFC D032 926E BB12 Registered linux user: 75761 (http://counter.li.org)