John Bailo wrote:
>
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2142279,00.asp
>
> <<<<
> Novell didn't win many friends in the open-source community with its
> Microsoft partnership. However, that deal, along with Novell's growing
> partnerships with enterprise software players such as SAP and now
> Capgemini are bound to win it friends in big business.
>
> On June 5, Capgemini, a major global consulting and outsourcing services
> company, and Novell announced a broad partnership that aims to deliver
> new software and services to enterprise customers using a combination of
> open-source and proprietary software. Under the terms of the agreement,
> Capgemini will enhance its open-source consulting practice with Novell
> capabilities. Specifically, Capgemini will start deploying IT technology
> using both SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Desktop along with
> mixed-source applications and management tools.
> >>>>>
See rebuttal/other side:
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070606120901152
"So, that's the new Novell. It's really sad to watch. But they can stop
being a Linux company eventually if that is what they wish to do, and we'll
wish them well. It would be better than mongrelizing GPL code and calling
it good.
When people don't grasp the GPL, I think it's because they haven't thought
carefully enough about the scientific tradition of sharing knowledge. That
is all the GPL is saying. It does make a difference to software development
to share what you learn, and in my view the results are already obvious. So
GPL code will continue to progress more rapidly than any other code, with
maybe a bit of a storm as all this gets sorted out, and those that settle
for mixed source will have to settle for second best. People choose
GNU/Linux systems usually because they've simply had enough of the troubles
they've experienced with Microsoft's software and/or EULAs. We are not
interested in mixed anything. If CEOs are, it may be they need to think
more carefully about the benefits of a clean getaway. Mixed source, to me,
means you will undermine two of the clear benefits of Linux: stability and
increased security, not to mention flexibility and cost savings. How does
that benefit you?"
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