Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote: > Hi Shlomo, > There are a lot of companies that demand mixed solutions - Windows > desktops and Linux servers. Many of us on this list are making a > living from this niche already. Microsoft and Novell decided to enter > this niche together for their own separate reasons - Microsoft > realizes that in the end they will need a Linux partner and Novell > because if they don't make some move soon they will be out of business > by the end of 2007. Novell is the natural choice for Microsoft since > Novell has lots of experience dealing with Microsoft compatibility > issues and they are weaker than RedHat. The Microsoft alliance gives > Novell a way to try to bypass RedHat as the recognized leader of the > corporate Linux world and at the present time it looks like the world > has room for only one major Linux distro company. > > My own take on the deal is that the only reason to dump SuSe is > ideology - for the mere fact that they made a deal with Microsoft. > This is not a Microsoft "embrace, extend, extinguish" move and it has > no bearing on FOSS. > > - yba > My take on it is in my blog http://blog.shemesh.biz/?p=417
In a nutshell, despite other voices to the contrary, I'm optimistic. Shachar -- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Source Consulting ltd. Have you backed up today's work? http://www.lingnu.com/backup.html ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
