On Thu, 8 Feb 2001 10:02:32 GMT, Cliff Sarginson said: | The software that Suse distribute was 99% written by people who wrote it | for free and have released it under the GPL or similar license. | | You buying Suse distribution does not give anything back to them. | | Suse did not create Linux/GNU. They package it and include configuration | facilities that they did write (and are not GPL'ed). I am not aware of | any software packages that Suse have contributed back (X11 video drivers | maybe ?). | | It is very sad for the Suse people who lost their jobs. | This can happen to anyone working for a profit-hungry company. | If this event has one beneficial side-effect it may make people | realise that Suse is not the cuddly darling bunch of techno-geeks | kindly contributing to world improvement that some people on this | list seem to think they are. | | Suse GMBH is a hard-nosed bunch of businessmen seeking to maximise bucks at minimum cost. | | I sincerely hope the people that Suse have just shoved on the pavement | gets jobs soon. Their technical Linux expertise should not make that | difficult. | | My 2 pennyworth. | | Cliff "My 2 pennyworth"? Maybe 1 pennyworth. At most. I hardly have ever read such rediculous and offending words from this list. Why don't you go to RedHat and hang on their ftp server for 2 x 650 MB's? You have no place here. Please leave. -- ---------------------------------------------------- Koos Pol T: +31 20 3116122 Systems Administrator F: +31 20 3116200 Compuware Europe B.V. E: koos_pol@nl.compuware.com Amsterdam PGP public key available