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Mark Shuttleworth Tries To Lure OpenSUSE Devs

Posted by Zonk on from the trolling-for-talent dept.

polar_bear` writes "A lot of developers are angry at Novell for its deal with Microsoft, but is it fair game for other vendors to try to capitalize on dissatisfaction with Novell? Apparently, Mark Shuttleworth thinks so. Shuttleworth sent an invitation to the openSUSE developers list inviting developers 'concerned about the long term consequences' of Novell's deal to participate in Ubuntu Open Week and consider jumping ship to Ubuntu. OpenSUSE and Ubuntu developers are not amused."

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  1. Re:Nu-uh by killjoe · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Employees? Offices?

    No the mailings lists are not offices. Why would you say such an absurdly stupid thing.

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  2. Re:KDE: now with more FUD by Mad+Merlin · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    KDE is a non-starter for commercial desktop environments because of the cost of Qt for commercial users: that's why Sun, IBM, Ubuntu, RedHat, Eclipse, and SuSE are all basing their major products on Gtk+, not Qt.

    4/6 brands (Ubuntu, Red Hat, Eclipse, Suse) you mention would not be burdened with the financial cost of Qt if they chose to develop with it. In fact, with the exception of Sun and (maybe) Eclipse, all of those brands use Qt to one degree or another. You may also find that many people use Qt for closed source development anyways, despite the financial cost associated with it.

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