Things change, do they remain the same? [LWN.net]

Things change, do they remain the same?

Posted Nov 6, 2003 3:00 UTC (Thu) by krice (subscriber, #1749)
Parent article: On Novell's acquisition of SUSE

Searched Novell for Canopy, 1 of 2 hits was this:
http://developer.novell.com/research/appnotes/2000/march/01/apv.htm

OK, it's ancient, posted in 2000, but some quotes, I know it's from a year 2000 Canopy employee, wherein "Netware 5 Saves the Day":

His "attempt" at using Linux as a Web Server:
"Another problem arose in the area of security" .... "It wasn't long before Unix-savvy hackers discovered that I had a hidden upload directory that they could access (a common oversight!). In a matter of a couple of days, my hard drive was filled with illegal and pornographic software".
I hope someone else enjoys some of the incredible comments therein.

Sorry, just feeling a little diminished, am/was a fan of SUSE for its developers, backing of open-source projects, ...

I do wonder how the "king" instigator/initiator of Certifications (CNE) will bring those forward, also. (Uh oh, I have a colleague or two who are pure-red Novell...). If you "ain't" got a CLinuxE, "you can't really work on a Linux-Novell system", the clueless CIO's/CTO's/PHB's may say, helpfully informed by "mis-"information provided by Novell.

Well, all is not lost, GNU/Linux is too open for that.

But I wish SUSE had told me the going price, that seems cheap to me for what they've developed, the Oracle on Linux certs, etc., contracts they've achieved....

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