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Color me suspicious ...Color me suspicious ...Posted Nov 5, 2003 0:44 UTC (Wed) by brugolsky (subscriber, #28)Parent article: On Novell's acquisition of SUSE ... of any business based in Utah. I'd love to hear Jeff Merkey's thoughts on these acquisitions. While Novell has seen a bunch of turnover, the cast of characters that have passed through management there is a rogue gallery. On a less conspiratorial note, it is of some concern for the duopoly of commercial Linux players to both be U.S. corporations, given how ridiculous the laws of this country have become in the areas of patents, copyright, reverse-engineering, etc. Not to mention the "what's good for Microsoft is good for America" mindset of our sly and/or dull-witted politicians.
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Color me suspicious ... Posted Nov 5, 2003 4:03 UTC (Wed) by scripter (subscriber, #2654) [Link] I live in Utah. I've worked here for several years. I can assure you that most tech businesses here have people with far more integrity and sense than those of SCO. Most programmers here hang their heads in shame at what SCO has done.
Color me suspicious ... Posted Nov 5, 2003 13:48 UTC (Wed) by hingo (subscriber, #14792) [Link] I live in Utah. I've worked here for several years. I can assure you that most tech businesses here have people with far more integrity and sense than those of SCO.Could they have any less?? :-) henrik
Color me suspicious ... Posted Nov 6, 2003 2:42 UTC (Thu) by Peter (guest, #1127) [Link] I'd love to hear Jeff Merkey's thoughts on these acquisitions. Uh, I'd take anything Jeff Merkey said with a grain of salt too. Not saying Novell didn't screw him and Timpanogas, in some way, but the guy's obviously got his own issues. Which is not to downplay his obviously considerable programming talent, I'm just sayin'.
Color me suspicious ... Posted Nov 6, 2003 12:49 UTC (Thu) by brugolsky (subscriber, #28) [Link] Yeah, well I take Andre Hedrick with a truckload of salt too, but through all the bluster and rants an occasionally discernible hard truth emerges. And, IIRC, Merkey would admit to having had a few drinks before posting his nastiest rants. :-)I didn't mean to tar all of Utah. Novell is a rather central part of the tech industry there, and I'm rather suspicious of the management (not the engineers!) of the whole constellation of investors and business partners around them, and a lot of seemingly one-sided legal outcomes, always in favor of the folks standing in the shadows ...
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