R.I.P. SuSE GMBH

R.I.P. SuSE GMBH

Posted Nov 7, 2004 6:36 UTC (Sun) by einstein (subscriber, #2052)
In reply to: R.I.P. SuSE GMBH by stock
Parent article: Top Linux exec departs from Novell (News.com)

Let's hope that the outcome is not as bleak as your scenario.

Suse has always been the premier distro for the kde experience. Those who have used only the watered-down redhat kde and don't understand why we call it crippled would get an eye opener if they spent some time with kde in the suse environment.

The fact is, a top redhat kde developer resigned because he could not bear to participate in the "crippling" of kde to make it fit into the redhat scheme.

I find it quite telling that kde was voted the most popular desktop environment again this year in the linux journal poll, garnering twice as many votes as gnome!

I think the Novell management have recently realized just how good kde is, and have reconsidered the whole idea of throwing away such a gem. There may well have been some words exchanged over the company direction, what with the purchase of ximian and the whole gnome trend. They also backtracked on the idea of a single unified desktop, and for now are supporting both gnome and kde. It will be interesting to watch, but I for one love what I see in sles 9 and suse pro 9.2

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