Another corporate acquisition that "Bodes Ill for Linux". It didn't take long for the OOo crew (not Linux) to jump ship when Oracle got involved; the result was a fork, and I hope that the fork shows stability soon. Re branding alone will likely set that project back a year. Think of the documentation updates alone! THAT was likely as much FUD as anything. Did a big proprietary OS vendor have influence in any of that? We'll likely never know.
MySQL is likely the next casualty under the Oracle brand. It's already forked, and I hope it does again if only to give the forked db a better name (I don't like my database's name when it sounds like a BBQ sauce). A better title: Microsoft ... Bodes Ill for OpenSUSE. Linux isn't going anywhere except everywhere. Before even installing a single distro on my own, I knew I had three appliances running it. When I installed my first distro, association with Novell was enough to keep me away from OpenSUSE, and now I'm happy about that decision. Who knows, maybe MS will follow the Red Hat lead and offer enterprise support for the OpenSUSE product. Does that sound insane? I don't think it is. If MS really wanted to bode ill for Linux, that's exactly what they'd do. That's all crystal ball stuff, though. Mine is REALLY cloudy. I'm not a big fan of PC Mag, either. If this sort of stuff strikes FUD, one can always migrate off of OpenSUSE. And keep good configuration notes and backups. But we're doing that already, right? :o) On 22/11/2010 11:46 PM, Lisa L wrote: > Has anyone heard about this? FUD, perhaps, to an extent anyway, but > something to be aware of too. > > http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/211414/microsofts_hand_in_novell_deal_bodes_ill_for_linux.html > > Lisa > _______________________________________________ Linux mailing list [email protected] http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux
