Why? Don't get me wrong, I'm not Micro$oft fanboy. But realistically what can Microsoft do to harm it? If they do things to SuSE that screws it up, then ya know, I'll just use Ubuntu. Wait, that's what I'm doing... oh well. But the point is that open source goes hand in hand with freedom and liberty. If some stupid company tries to come in, throw around power and mess stuff up, then we simply go another direction. Which we are free to do. So either they play nice, or they're irrelevant.
-joel On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 13:59 -0800, Chris Louden wrote: > This upsets me greatly. > > On 11/2/06, Chris Louden <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here is a WSJ article > > > > http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116249026689311557-helTbrheLKgbaJ5iO5z40ZFCiOs_20061109.html?mod=blogs > > > > > > > > On 11/2/06, Randall Whitman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/3d1Xk6mH0qpczwqbqLsR4kJ > > > > I'm baffled. > > > > Why would Microsoft do *anything* to help out a Linux provider. > > > > What makes Microsoft even remotely qualified to provide "sales support" > > > > for SUSE Linux? > > > > The questions go on and on... > > > > > > After Oracle made their announcement the other day, > > > I joked to myself that Microsoft would be next. > > > But yeah, I'm surprised and curious too. > > > > > > Microsoft bought part of Apple. > > > Microsoft bought part of Intuit. > > > Comparable or not comparable? > > > > > > ============== > > > > > > aside: I worked for Oracle from 1994-1997. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 909linux mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://909linux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/909linux > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 909linux mailing list > [email protected] > http://909linux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/909linux -- Joel Brauer Manager - IS Communications and Web Technologies Loma Linda University [email protected] cell: 909-534-1934 pager: [email protected]
