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Re: [News] Freespire Review and OpenSUSE Defection

____/ BearItAll on Monday 20 August 2007 11:26 : \____

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
>> ____/ BearItAll on Monday 20 August 2007 09:35 : \____
>> 
>>> Novell signing the agreement has effectively taken away our fight, we
>>> would have fought it and it seems that the majority of us in UNIX and
>>> Linux firmly believe we would have kicked MS's arse.
>> 
>> Because people are not patient enough to read analysis about the deal (we
>> posted about 1000 blog items), I have just produced a diagram to show just
>> how much damage Microsoft's deals (including Novell's) are doing.
>> http://boycottnovell.com/2007/08/20/proxy-map/
>> 
>> There are many angles there that people were never aware of, but we
>> covered them at some stage. Also, here is a recent analysis of the deal's
>> terms: http://boycottnovell.com/2007/08/18/dissection-micrososft-novell/ .
>> Maybe you'll find these informative yet succinct.
>> 
> 
> That all relies still on the reader believing that MS have a case in the IP
> arena.
> 
> But still, the agreement was signed, too late to unsign it. Best to make use
> of the agreement to fit our needs I would say. So we should concentrate on
> reporting where the two are working together, MS & Novell, and leave the IP
> part behind somewhere.
> 
> I think the name of that web site ought to be changed though, I for one
> don't support moves to boycottnovell. Novell bring too much to Linux that
> is good for Linux, I'm not willing to knock that on the head just because I
> didn't like them signing the IP part of the agreement.

It's too late to change the name (too many complications involved), but in any
case, Novell action needs to be denounced or else other distributors could
follow suit.

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