The Microsoft-Novell Linux deal: Two years later (InfoWorld) [LWN.net]

The Microsoft-Novell Linux deal: Two years later (InfoWorld)

Posted Nov 20, 2008 3:26 UTC (Thu) by tseaver (subscriber, #1544)
In reply to: The Microsoft-Novell Linux deal: Two years later (InfoWorld) by vblum
Parent article: The Microsoft-Novell Linux deal: Two years later (InfoWorld)

I'm enjoying the irony of your choice of industries there, at least
for the U.S.A., where we are actively debating / implementing bailouts
for both of them.

Perhaps we should lobby our congresscritters to make adoption of FLOSS
a condition of bailout, along with limiting / eliminating the ridiculous
compensation being awarded to the ersatz capitalists at the top of the
dole-mongering corporations.

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The Microsoft-Novell Linux deal: Two years later (InfoWorld)

Posted Nov 20, 2008 7:20 UTC (Thu) by avik (subscriber, #704) [Link]

Why not making the right to vote conditional on the adoption of FLOSS as well? After all, both are all about choice.

And this IS why they are reliable customers, you know...

Posted Nov 20, 2008 18:29 UTC (Thu) by khim (guest, #9252) [Link]

I'm enjoying the irony of your choice of industries there, at least for the U.S.A., where we are actively debating / implementing bailouts for both of them.

"Normal" businesses are not reliable customers: if it fails it fails. But if investment banks or the automotive industry fails government steps up and the customer is still out there (may be with different name, but it's not goes away).