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[Garrett Goebel]

Mike Needham wrote:
>
> so basically, we wait around and SuSE comes back on the
> market and some KC firm buys them then?  I actually
> hold out hope that they leave SuSE as a good solid
> distro that it is... as most of you know, just adopted
> it... like it... figures.
>
> Anyhow, Novell once made me a lot of money, and so did
> Microsoft, but today I am not selling either!

Me too. Though in my case, I'm still on the Microsoft dole. Someone once
gave me a novelty bottled softdrink called "Microsoft Brainwash" with little
phrases on it: "This may be your only way out", "We want you for life",
"Helps purge all the garbage they've been downloading into your mind", and
"Helps relieve extreme mental overload". I always keep it nearby for the day
when I've had enough :)

>  I am
> worried that SuSE magically becomes Novell Linux
> would be a very hard to swallow pill for me.   On the
> other hand, I think it pre-mature to call Ximian and
> SuSE dead at this point...

I overstated myself. I should have said "dead men walking". While the
products might survive, and a sizeable percentage of programmers may become
long-term Novell employees, I can't forsee either company's corporate
culture surviving.

> Do we need to keep
> our eyes on it?  YOU BET.  Hopefully though, Novell
> has enough sense to listen to the users that make SuSE
> a good purchase in the first place!

hopefully...

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Garrett Goebel
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