[Discuss] MS and Novell

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2006-11-08 22:21-0800 Thor Heinrichs-Wolpert wrote:

> Exactly ... so how does neutering the FUD by SCO, being voted the best
> desktop distro by LinuxWorld and opening some new and easy business for
> mid-sized Linux deployments equate to pissing off the community?

This list of all the things Novell has done for Linux does not make up for 
their recent blunder that violates fundamental Linux values. Novell seems to
have forgotten the principal characteristic that differientiates Linux from
its competitors and gotten Linux to where it is today. That property is the
freedom it gives companies (such as Novell) and individuals to cooperate in
Linux development based on merit with no chance that their work will be
stolen by some other company by taking it proprietary.  Novell is actively
collaborating with MS, a company that wants to disrupt that Linux
cooperative development with threats of patent litigation.  Why are Novell
apologists surprised by the negative reaction? Hello!

Alan
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