On 2006-11-07, Larry Qualig <lqualig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Ian Hilliard wrote:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>> > Why I'm sticking with Novell's Linux desktop
>> >
>> > ,----[ Quote ]
>> > | Someone just asked me whether, now that Novell's become buddies
>> > | with Microsoft, I'll be turning away from Novell/SUSE as one of
>> > | my favorite Linux distributions. My answer is no. I'm sticking
>> > | with SUSE Linux on both my desktops and servers. Here's why.
>> > `----
>> >
>> > http://desktoplinux.com/news/NS4633960249.html
>> >
>> > Perhaps the pact was good for both Novell _and_ Microsoft, _at the expense
>> > of everybody else_. But the bloodshed in the opensuse mailing lists
>> > continues...
>>
>> I have to agree with the author of the article. Suse is a great desktop and
>> Novell isn't dead YET.
>>
>> I read an article on iTwire indicating that the probable reason for the
>> alliance is for some quick gain so that Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian can keep
>> his job. If that is case, it looks like short term gain for long term pain.
>>
>> http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/6873/983/
>
> I find the whole idea that people would consider dropping SuSE over
> this deal astonishing. It's supposed to be "about choice" after all.
They are forming an alliance with parties that have openly
stated harmful intention to the rest of our section of the industry
as well as the industry in general.
You fled from the bogeyman and now your sanctuary has just
let the bogeyman in. The fact that many people in the sanctuary
would be disturbed by this should surprise no one with more than one
functioning brain cell.
> These people chose SuSE because it was the distro best suited to what
> they wanted. Because Microsoft and Novell management happened to sign a
...which probably excluded Microsoft practices and influences.
> business arrangement doesn't change SuSE one single bit. It's still the
> exact same distro they were happily using a few days earlier. If
People have been aprehensive about Suse from the day they were
bought. A move like this simply re-inforces old fears that might have
been forgotten about.
> anything, future releases of SuSE will be able to better interoperate
> with Windows PC's and vice-versa because of this agreement.
>
> So the people who are all up in arms over this arrangement and who now
> want to abandon SuSE are not the ones who use SuSE because it's the
> best for them. For these people it's not about "choice" - it's purely
> about being anti-Microsoft.
Don't be a moron. Of course we're anti-Microsoft. If we weren't
we would just buy Microsoft's technology directly. We don't need Novell
to be a proxy for that.
It's like we fled the house, got away from the abusive spouse,
found a nice battered womans shelter. Then the shelter decided to invite
our asshole husband over for a visit.
Don't be absurd. Lemmings buy Redhat.
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