____/ Peter Köhlmann on Wednesday 19 September 2007 17:30 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> ____/ Peter Köhlmann on Wednesday 19 September 2007 10:10 : \____
>>
>>> Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ____/ Peter Köhlmann on Wednesday 19 September 2007 09:10 : \____
>>>>>
>>>>>> http://news.opensuse.org/?p=265
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just another example of the "bad" Novell
>>>>>> Right, Roy? Mark?
>>>>>
>>>>> If it wasn't them, it would be someone else (possibly Red Hat).
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> But it *is* them
>>>> And they work since *four* *month* with AMD people on this project.
>>>> That it is now public has to do with the fact that before disclosing it
>>>> they had to clear up technical and legal things
>>>>
>>>> You can't simply shrug it off and ascertain that it "would have been
>>>> someone else". Because it isn't. And SuSE/Novell have for a long time
>>>> worked on X and drivers for it. In fact, a large chunk of the existing
>>>> drivers where done by people paid by SuSE
>>>>
>>>> This just to show that your disqualifying Novell for no good reason is
>>>> somewhat dubious. I don't like the attitude of several "advocates" to
>>>> partition the linux world
>>>
>>> BTW, it is SuSE partly because AMD has historical reasons for working
>>> with them, as SuSE did a lot of the 64bit-implementation for AMD64.
>>> Another reason why it is not simply "someone else would have done it"
>>>
>>> Here is some more background info
>>>
>>> http://egbert-e.livejournal.com/359.html
>>
>> Fair point. I would still say that the harms they bring outweigh the
>> benefits. There's no doubt about it -- Novell tries to help Linux too, but
>> some of the routes it takes are selfish and damaging to Linux /as a
>> whole/.
>>
>
> Well, Roy, *you* (and others) claim that Novell is "damaging linux".
> But so far I have seen nothing at all which would substantiate that claim.
> Just some wild speculations. Frankly, that is not very convincing
There are many ways in which Novell harms Linux and I wrote a lot about it. I
used to like Novell for its relationship with Linux, but its new relationship
with Microsoft now seems equally important to them (even if it means hurting
Linux for Novell's own, short-term benefit). If Novell kills its supplier, it
will be left with nothing. It's like selling your mom's blood for profit.
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