On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 08:05:03AM +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote: > ___/ On Fri 03 Nov 2006 11:00:01 GMT, [ Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett ] wrote : > \___ > > >On Friday 03 November 2006 10:57, Anders Johansson wrote: > >>You're forgetting the natural reaction of people. After every > >>announcement, > >>people (frequently the same people in every announcement) say they've been > >>using suse for 250 years, but now they are leaving for > >>Ubuntu/Fedora/whatever > >> > >>This announcement doesn't sound like we'll start selling windows, it means > >>Microsoft will start selling SUSE. To me, on first reaction, that sounds > >>like a good thing. Surprising as hell, but good > > > >Yeah, the annoying thing is to see more FUD coming from inside the > >community > >than from MS itself. > > > >argh. > > > >Duncan > > So what's the interpretation of the latest news? > > Ballmer Invites Patent Talks with Competing Linux Vendors > > "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said his company is open to talking to > other Linux distributors about reaching mutual patent coverage deals > similar to the agreement signed Nov. 2 with Novell." > > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2050848,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616 > > Let's face it. Microsoft is turning Novell into the next SCO > (according to WinE's lead dev). It's a weapon of FUD. > > I would absolutely love to be proven otherwise.
Tom Wickline is _not_ Wine's lead developer. He is just "a developer". (Alexandre Julliard is the lead developer ;) Ciao, Marcus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
