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Re: [News] Ballmer & Hovsepian Interview on Novell/MS/Linux

  • Subject: Re: [News] Ballmer & Hovsepian Interview on Novell/MS/Linux
  • From: Rick <none@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:29:48 GMT
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online http://www.rr.com
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On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:59:21 -0500, DFS wrote:

> Jerry McBride wrote:
> 
>> Well... they signed the papers and it's a done deal...
>>
>> So long Suse... You were a gem of a distribution... now you are a whore.
> 
> 
> Why so hysterical?
> 
> It's a limited business agreement entered into for financial gain - which
> is what Novell has always been about with Suse anyway.  It should result
> in greater Linux sales and market share, better interoperability with
> Windows, and enhancements to document compatibility.

embrace ... extend... extinguish.

> 
> The downside to Novell is various open source pipsqueaks have been
> squealing a lot.

-- 
Rick


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