RE: [expert] Novell acquires SuSE!! What does this mean for Mand rake?

2003-11-04 Thread Lawson, Jim
I know Novell needs this to get back in the game against MS. I think it's a good move. They were always Number 1 in networking until MS under priced them out. I know a lot of people might say this is bad for Linux but I think it's good. Novell has serious network experience and was a serious

Re: [expert] Novell acquires SuSE!! What does this mean for Mand rake?

2003-11-04 Thread Franki
Lawson, Jim wrote: I know Novell needs this to get back in the game against MS. I think it's a good move. They were always Number 1 in networking until MS under priced them out. I know a lot of people might say this is bad for Linux but I think it's good. Novell has serious network experience and

Re: [expert] Novell acquires SuSE!! What does this mean for Mand rake?

2003-11-04 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Franki schrieb am Wed, 05 Nov 2003 00:46:23 +0800: That leaves Mandrake as the biggest contender in the desktop market.. possibly the only newbie friendly one left (apart from Lindows and Xandros, which don't have free versions to bring the newbies in...) That may be true for people who

Re: [expert] Novell acquires SuSE!! What does this mean for Mand rake?

2003-11-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 04 Nov 2003 7:02 pm, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: There aren't many Germans who vote for Buy German like it is in large parts of the USA but the direct contact via local phone calls and native tongue support pays out. Inevitably. Our German language MandrakeUser.de has met the 300

Re: [expert] Novell acquires SuSE!! What does this mean for Mand rake?

2003-11-04 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 11:02, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Franki schrieb am Wed, 05 Nov 2003 00:46:23 +0800: That leaves Mandrake as the biggest contender in the desktop market.. possibly the only newbie friendly one left (apart from Lindows and Xandros, which don't have free versions to

Re: [expert] Novell acquires SuSE!! What does this mean for Mand rake?

2003-11-04 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Anne Wilson schrieb am Tue, 4 Nov 2003 19:15:31 +: I wonder if MandrakeSoft realise what a marketable resource you have there? I wonder how they can be made aware of it? They know. As Mandrake webslave I have a steady contact with Gaël and François is not further away than my mail app

Re: [expert] Novell acquires SuSE!! What does this mean for Mand rake?

2003-11-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 04 Nov 2003 7:46 pm, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Anne Wilson schrieb am Tue, 4 Nov 2003 19:15:31 +: I wonder if MandrakeSoft realise what a marketable resource you have there? I wonder how they can be made aware of it? Enough advertising, sorry, but it's my baby and I feel like

Re: [expert] Novell acquires SuSE!! What does this mean for Mand rake?

2003-11-04 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
James Sparenberg schrieb am Tue, 04 Nov 2003 11:33:19 -0800: Not to disagree with a single word you said, but I read an strange one the other day. Seems that the #1 distro in Russia is MDK, or variants off of it. curious. We have a very determined girl there as webslave who does the

Re: [expert] Novell acquires SuSE!! What does this mean for Mand rake?

2003-11-04 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Anne Wilson schrieb am Tue, 4 Nov 2003 19:55:37 +: Not to do away with your independence, but I would think that MandrakeSoft need to think about how your efforts (and ours on the TWiki for that matter) can remain independant but still be exploited in selling the distro. There must be

Re: [expert] Novell acquires SuSE!! What does this mean for Mand rake?

2003-11-04 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 12:16, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: James Sparenberg schrieb am Tue, 04 Nov 2003 11:33:19 -0800: Not to disagree with a single word you said, but I read an strange one the other day. Seems that the #1 distro in Russia is MDK, or variants off of it. curious. We have a

Re: [expert] Novell acquires SuSE!! What does this mean for Mand rake?

2003-11-04 Thread Jack Coates
On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 11:02, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: ... Here in Germany, the only area SuSE plays a prominent role, SuSE will stay on top for long because it's a German speaking company, because they have an infrastructure all over the place (training centers, resellers, business consultants,