____/ graeme on Tuesday 07 August 2007 09:23 : \____
> On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:15:03 -0700, John Bailo, Texeme.Construct wrote:
>
>> On Aug 6, 9:04 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Ubuntu is not a charity: Shuttleworth
>>
>> You guys go on and on about Novell, a real Linux company, trying to
>> survive on the streets by its own wits, but Shuttleworth, a billionaire
>> playboy who made his money kiting an Internet company is your great
>> hero.
>>
>> Go figure.
>
> Ubuntu was/is based on Debian but Novell bought SuSE. Even so I don't
> think acquiring an existing distro precludes you being "real Linux" if
> you can add in other ways.
Mark has used Linux for over a decade, IIRC. It put him where he is today.
Yesterday he called Microsoft's mattack "extortion" and previously he called
it "racketeering,. which is precisely what it is.
Novell, on the other hand...
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~~ Best of wishes
Microsoft loves competition.
"We need to slaughter Novell before they get stronger….If you’re going to kill
someone, there isn’t much reason to get all worked up about it and angry. You
just pull the trigger. Any discussions beforehand are a waste of time. We need
to smile at Novell while we pull the trigger."
--Jim Allchin, Platform Group Vice President
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