__/ [ spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Tuesday 12 December 2006 09:12 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
>> __/ [ spike1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Monday 11 December 2006 21:18 \__
>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> did eloquently scribble:
>>>> Novell: Embrace Microsoft, or Join With Us (In our Embrace with
>>>> Microsoft)
>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | Novell sounds alot like Microsoft these days, complete with Anti-Linux
>>>> | FUD.
>>>> `----
>>>
>>>>
>>
http://boycottnovell.com/2006/12/11/embrace-microsoft-or-join-with-us-in-our-embrace-with-microsoft/
>>>
>>> Did you listen to it?
>
>> No, but shane has. He transcribed it too.
>
> Well, I didn't find much that was damning about it apart from the "hey
> everyone, why don't you all do what we did and embrace microsoft? It'll be
> jolly good fun, y'know" bit, it was quite sensible and well answered.
>
> I still think it's "ooo, microsoft, the evil bogeyman" syndrome. It could
> be that they have finally seen the stream of lava and the nerve impulses
> from their eyes have finally reached the peanut sized brain of theirs. And
> the T-Rex is now slowly starting to turn and run from the oncoming flames.
>
> They tried everything they'd tried with other companies to silence linux,
> but none of it worked, they finally realised there's no beating it, so they
> beat their chest a little and try to make overtures.
>
> I still say let's see how this all pans out.
Giving you the benefit of the doubt, could you name a company that benefited
from deal with Microsoft, particularly when the deal was made in the midst
of a decline? it's a sacrifice; a case of selling one's own soul (and the
community one does /NOT/ own) to the devil.
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