>>> "SheridanJ West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/13/06 10:12 AM >>> Hi Joe
On 11/13/06, Joe Zitnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hate to break this to everybody, but this isn't about you and what you > run at home. Indeed > This is about the future of linux in the enterprise. > Novell has attorneys just like MS, and believe me, this wasn't entered > in to blindly by either side. Just to accommodate all the conspiracy > theorists out there: Say Microsoft decides to sue. Maybe they have > just enough patent infringement evidence to bring a lawsuit, maybe they > don't. Maybe they don't care. What they do have is deep enough pockets > to bring long extended lawsuits that drain huge amounts of money from > linux distros, something Novell is now immune to for five years. > Remember, IBM doesn't own a linux distro (although they too have thrown > money behind Novell) and neither does Oracle, so it's not like there are > really deep pockets out there to support Linux. During that time, if a > company wants to use linux, MS has said it is going to play nice with > SuSE, and right now, only SuSE. How can that be bad for Novell? I keep > reading about SCO, well SCO is about to go broke because they aren't > making a whole lot of money, and the lawsuits they brought are draining > what little financial resources they do have. I smell something funny It's probably me, just kidding. You could be right, but I've been reading alot about the sinister plot of MS, and to tell the truth, no one really knows what will happen. I was just putting forth another view. > As for the beginning of my statement, can you imagine a major company > saying "We are going to standardize on Ubuntu in our enterprise." If > you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you. There are two major > players in enterprise Linux, SuSE and RedHat, and RedHat has already > said their interest lies in the server-side of things, not the desktop, > so that leaves Novell. You underestimate people. I work in an enterprise with less than a thousand people. Because of those people, we went from a Word Perfect shop to a MS Office shop. Why, because they ran it at home. People see Microsoft advertising everywhere, and that's what drives their decisions. I'd wager no one, and I mean no one, at our organization has ever heard of Ubuntu, or most any other flavor of Linux. Worse yet, the CEOs haven't either. Do you think they run MS because it's technically superior? To the contrary, MS failings are widely publicized, and it's STILL dominant. You expect those people to choose Linux? > Instead of being so pissed off, be happy that a > company might get it's Linux foot in the door. It's the beginning of > what Linux people have been hoping for. The samba dev team would disagree with you Don't misinterpret what I'm saying. I respect your decision, and your reasoning. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
