Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ 7 ] on Friday 17 November 2006 20:54 \__
>
>> In http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/faq.html
>>
>> novel claims:
>> "Microsoft and Novell provide patent coverage for each others
>> customers, giving customers peace of mind regarding patent issues."
>>
>> WHAT PATENT ISSUES?????
>>
>> There are no patent issues with Linux!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> This is pure unsubstantiated lies and FUD.
>>
>> It WILL NOT WORK in the EU.
>> Novel will have to take down their webshite or face
>> prosecution like SCO$ did who then had to take
>> their webshite down in the EU.
>>
>>
>> Tata novel, your distro is toast from my PC.
>>
>> I have great respect for SuSE staff and none for novel staff.
>>
>> Poor SuSE staff, I bet they all wish they never heard the name novel
>> ever.
>
> http://boycottnovell.com/?p=9
>
> Hate the Company, not the Community
>
> Not to worry. A fork is coming soon. There will probably be a big
> community to maintain it in much the same way that you see in Debian.
> Unlike FC there may be no authority with commercial interests. It's not
> about rebellion, but rather the respect for values. What you could call
> propaganda are anti-DRM/binary blobs distro like gNewSense. Not the same
> case with Opensuse though... let's keep patient and see how it evolves.
> They might be a migration path to a SUSE fork.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Roy
Fork isn't a good enough word for what needs to happen.
SuSE staff needs to down tools and resign en-masse and set up SuSE mark 2.
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