An open letter to the openSUSE Community

Possibly because the Editors of this publication consider it more productive to write thoughtful, considered articles analysing the various sides of the Novell-Microsoft deal (e.g. http://lwn.net/Articles/235940/) than to pretend it doesn't exist and ban all mention of it?

I might even go so far as to say that the majority of LWN readers greatly appreciate such a stance, as a refreshing change from the usual mindless groupthink of Slashdot et al...