__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 16 November 2006 20:36 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 16 November 2006 16:30 \__
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>>> Richard Rasker <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>>>> Nothing unexpected here, just FF beating IE again:
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>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/15/firefox_phish_test/
>>>>
>>>> OK, the study was commissioned by the Mozilla Foundation, but contrary
>>>> to Microsoft-sponsored studies, I can't see how this could have
>>>> influenced the outcome - the numbers can't be interpreted any other way.
>>>>
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>>> ... and again, and again, and again...
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>>> it does look like game over from here.
>>
>> The IE team has returned to Maui after 5 years of exile. Didn't you hear?
>> Gates has retired and he's counting on Opera to mature so that he can take
>> over. What I find most disgusting, however, are cases where Microsoft
>> takes over Open Source projects where volunteer work is involved. The very
>> same people who helped topple a monopoly turn out to have worked to its
>> benefit... overnight. Personally, although Novell is not entirely
>> possessed, I have ceased to serve Opensuse at any level capacity.
>> Recently, I might add, Microsoft partly snatched (read: killed) the
>> operatings on A9, on which I relied. They tell them which services to kill
>> because these proved to be competitive with Microsoft's offering. So
>> buh-bye toolbar, among other things. When you can't/don't compete with
>> them, eliminate them. How does the law permit this conduct? Must be a
>> loophole of some sort because it's self-destructive capitalisation that's
>> self-serving.
>>
>
> Perhaps the problem with Suse is really what appeared to be a good thing
> for them - that they were bought by Novell. Novell are, after all, a
> traditional proprietary software company, and have therefore made their
> money by vendor lock-in. Perhaps we're just seeing them waver back to
> their real roots, as they let the Suse part die off?
http://boycottnovell.com/?p=9
Very short and very true. I wonder where the FreeSuSE folks will go with the
domain they got from the registrar on Nov. 1th (a day before /the/
announcement). This was registered in Belgium, which sounds good to me. I
can go for it! So can the European Commission. *smile*
I feel very bad for the Opensuse developers. I haven't contributed patches or
bug reports (not proactively), but I helped them with support, involvement
and evangelism. What for...? A kind man from Red Hat invited me over, so it
leaves the Debian and Red Hat branch as possibilities. HPT chose a migration
from SUSE (long time user) to Debian and I know you'd second/approve that
move.
Best wishes,
Roy
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