____/ Peter Köhlmann on Thursday 06 December 2007 10:56 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
> < snip >
>
>> With the GPL, you'll still have the code. But Novell opened a can of worms
>> that hurts not only SUSE, but everyone else too -- software patents. Then
>> there's Microsoft's 'pledge' (READ: shackles) for OpenSUSE developers.
>>
>> The Novell martionette will dance to the Microsoft music as long as it has
>> impact in the community. Many SUSE developers have left and Novell seems
>> more fascinated with .NET. It has to.
>>
>
> Certainly.
> Mighty stuff you are smoking there. Please don't pass it on, it leads to
> quite some hallucinations
I can show you articles. Novell hired dozens of .NET programmers about 6 months
ago (the ones I know about) and Gartner (IIRC) said that many SUSE developers
left after the deal (maybe quietly).
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