Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

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."

2 of 258 comments (clear)

  1. New distro by thedarknite · · Score: 5, Funny

    If any number of them were going to jump ship, wouldn't they just create a new distribution. They could recruit people from the Fedora team, Trustix Secure Linux, and Ubuntu.
    I'd call it STFU linux.


    --
    Sometimes people are as stupid as they look.

    --
    A game has objectives and is competitive, anything else is just play
    1. Re:New distro by lixee · · Score: 5, Funny

      The new FOSS motto: "Everytime you buy a SuSE product, a baby gecko dies!"

      --
      Res publica non dominetur