__/ [ [H]omer ] on Thursday 24 May 2007 14:14 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>>
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/05/23/novell_microsoft_defend_patent_deal_1.html
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>> What the heck are Microsoft and Novell doing at the Open Source
>> conference?
>
> Keeping their enemies close, I suppose.
A bit too close, I'd say. They'll die along /with/ them.
As MySQL AB's CEO has just say, people buy software for its freedoms. Novell
does not provide this, unlike Red Hat.
Why Novell fan left NetWare, SUSE behind
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| For the most part, Red Hat -- though a proprietary products vendor
| -- stays true to the community spirit of open source software. For
| instance, Red Hat bought Netscape Directory Server and threw it
| on open source and gave it to the community, Klein said.
|
| "Once I bought into the community, I became
| community-oriented. That's Red Hat's strength, and that's
| where Novell falls short. To me, it looks like Novell just
| uses Linux as an entry to selling proprietary products to
| put on top of it. As for open source, it looks like Novell
| tosses its dead products out to the community."
|
| The partnership between Microsoft and Novell takes that approach
| -- using Linux as a hook to sell proprietary products -- a giant
| leap forward, in Klein?s opinion.
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http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/05/17/why-novell-fan-left-netware-suse-behind/
http://tinyurl.com/2bt25h
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