On 5/23/07, jtd wrote,
Did you know that Novell signed a crooked deal with M$ to sue Linux users who had not paid Novell to use linux ?. Oh u did not. How could you with your head buried in the sand.
Ofcourse. I know it very well. My head is always up and ready to face any real storm.. rather created by FUDs from various sources.
Did you know that Jeremy Allison resigned from Novell in protest against that stupid deal. And more recently Robert Love? Aha you did not. Your head was deeper in the sand.
Yes. He got good job at Google. My head is still up.
Novel is seen as a company without scruples. And such companies are unable to sustain themselves in the long run. Using FOSS as the foundation to build your business is paticularly tricky becaus there is very little to compare with (or follow). But what is certain is that once you sully your reputation in the community it's curtains for you.
I agree that 'stupid deal' was really wrong and against whole FOSS community, but bashing and ignoring contribution is keeping head deep deep deeper in sand with bunch of water.
All the best to those who think that working for Novell is a wonderful career opportunity.
Nope. I am not thinking that way :) -- -------------------------------------------------------- Kartik Mistry | Eng: kartikmistry.org/blog 0xD1028C8D | Guj: kartikm.wordpress.com -------------------------------------------------------- -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
