noniko wrote: ...
I'd like to how openSUSE should think about this topic. I don't think it a weird question, because the "Microsoft/Novell Collaboration" news is at the top page of opensuse.org site.
1.It is a very important news to openSUSE, so the users should keep watching on this topic. 2.It is just a matter of Novell and has nothing or very little to do with openSUSE. 3.openSUSE only report the news and do not think it should make any comments. 4.Now discussing. Later there'll be some announcement from openSUSE.
Either of the 4 would be all right for me. I just like to know.
IMO 1, 2 and 3
2+3: It's a Novell management decision, has nothing to do with
openSUSE nor the community (and not even the SUSE staff).
1: Maybe we will suffer under the consequences.
To avoid further FUD and discredit of openSUSE.org (including its
community), maybe it would be a good idea to post the position of the
openSUSE.org community (and staff) somewhere on the website, to make
it clear that:
- it's a decision that has been taken by Novell management, not by the
openSUSE.org project (that was obviously not involved into that (which
is understandable))
- we do "business" as usual
- openSUSE.org is an *open source community and effort*, respect that
- SUSE Linux/openSUSE is still the finest distribution around ;)
--
-o) Pascal Bleser http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/
/\\