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Hmm....
Hmm....
Posted Nov 9, 2004 20:54 UTC (Tue) by mmarq (guest, #2332)In reply to: Hmm.... by havoc
Parent article: Mandrakesoft revenues increase
" Maybe it's time for for Novell to bring them into the fold. (he! he!) "
Shouldn't it be better to try Microsoft first,..., or better putting it, try to convert large portions of Microsoft market,... offering better products and specialy services ??...
There isnt, nor should be, any distro war... i belive there is room for everyone... and plenty of opportunitys to grow
(I'm not French nor a Mandrake activist.)
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Hmm....
Posted Nov 9, 2004 21:04 UTC (Tue) by havoc (guest, #2261) [Link]
That's kind-of/sort-of my facetious reasoning.
Novell has purchased Ximian and SUSE, which gives it excellent products and excellent market positioning. Mandrake has many pieces that would fit well into the greater Novell puzzle. Mandrake could (possibly) give Novell/SUSE even greater credibility while strengthening their technical and usability foundation.
Hmm....
Posted Nov 10, 2004 7:18 UTC (Wed) by stock (subscriber, #5849) [Link]
Stay clear of Novell, they are the tiny version of the evil softwareempire :
"Why timing of Novell Linux chief resignation, Microsoft payoff is rather
curious"
http://business.newsforge.com/business/04/11/09/1932205.s...
SuSE will be left at the garbage... If you think thats a nice idea, then
i know enough. I reckon you either have special interests in these evil
software corporations, or you seem to have no clue what happens when a
European independent Linux company becomes a lame puppy in the hands of a
US Software Corporation.
Novell has a rather ugly track-record when it comes to buying other
companies products : http://www.ctyme.com/dri.htm
I tried SuSE 9.0 and 9.1 here, and i was not impressed. It seems i'm not
the only one.
Robert
Hmm....
Posted Nov 10, 2004 17:22 UTC (Wed) by havoc (guest, #2261) [Link]
According to Andrew Morton (with Hat Tip to Linux Journal, Nov.2004):
- Approximately 1,000 developers contribute changes to Linux on a regular basis.
- 10% of those are paid to work on Linux by their employers.
- That 10% (100 developers) contributed 97.4% of the 38,000 latest changes.
Novell/SUSE is one of those companies. I support that. I support Linux with my dollars. I'm not ashamed of that.
That said, do not try to bait me into defending Novell and/or SUSE. I won't play that game.
Oh, yeah, I buy proprietary software that runs on my Linux desktops, too. Evil me!