Mark Shuttleworth Tries To Lure OpenSUSE Devs

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."

Comments

The GPL is a Virus

[CDMA_Demo]

And like most other self replicating life forms infected with "other" viruses, anything infected with the GPL becomes its carrier. The survival of the carrier, and hence the future of its DNA, can easily be attributed to the evolutionary decisions it makes. Think of the GPL as an umbrella under which competing Linux companies are occupied in an evolutionary race, where the viral GPL itself plays the role of a gene, a symbiotic relationship if you prefer. What happens to Linux companies who shoot themselves in the foot? Well, the genes responsible for this behavior cause the demise of said companies, and in the process get wiped out themselves (Lawyers?). These genes are most likely exceptions to the rule because such behavior is not widely observed. The GPL though, has enough hosts already. Move it!

Re:Nu-uh

[houstonbofh]

Posted on the Ubuntu servers it would be fine. But going into someone elses business and poaching employees is just not right. And in OSS the mailing lists are the "offices" of the distribution.

Open is not an invitation to be a jerk

[Per Abrahamsen]

> Don't have an open mailing list for OpenSUSE if you don't want to deal with sometimes unwanted comments.

That attitude sickens me. Just because a forum is not censored, does mean everybody has a moral right to post off-topic messages. You can do it, but it doesn't make you any less of an asshole if you do it. Quite the opposite, you were shown trust, and abused it.

Re:GNOME is funded by *everybody*

[hritcu]

Don't know whether parent has some data to support his claims. From where I stand the balance seems to be quite evenly distributed between KDE and Gnome. What I know is that KDE is great for what I do, and I use Slackware which no longer even ships with Gnome.