On 2006-11-07, Ian Hilliard <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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/
>
> Ian
Even if Novell Corp hadn't decided to demonstrate to the whole world
that they are incapable of learining from history, they would still be in a
precarious position as Ubuntu is quickly picking up steam as a commercial
desktop and looks to be getting ready for a nice push into the server space.
As a server OS, Debian already trumps SLES anyways.
Even based on pure merit, Novell's position is eroding.
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