Thank you Kristopher

Thank you Kristopher

Posted Apr 18, 2003 0:31 UTC (Fri) by AnswerGuy (guest, #1256)
Parent article: Novell will make 'immature' Linux robust and reliable (ComputerWorld)

Thank you Kristopher

Thank you for facing the hostile crowd in an effort to clarify Novell's plans for Linux. I would suggest that LWN is the most important web site for you to check (weekly -- even daily) to keep you finger on the pulse of the Linux community in a way that is suitable for a business person. It's not as active nor as popular as Slashdot, and therein lies its strength.

Perhaps the original representative could have phrased his comments more tactfully (and more precisely) by explaining how Linux hasn't served the needs of Novell's customers (i.e. the ways in which it was "immature" for large scale file, print, and directory services for Novell's target market).

Moving forward it would be more useful for the community to know specifically what sorts of features you intend to implement and what sorts of features or support you need from the community (i.e. hooks in the kernel, new system calls etc.) in order to accomplish those. You mention an 18 to 24 month time frame. To the Linux community that is an eternity! How do you differentiate your efforts from those of IBM, SGI, OSDL, Oracle, and even Sun?

Basically without some specifics it's hard not to dismiss the orginal story as simple me too press release hawking.

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