Let me guess,
It's okay by the press for Novell to sell us out to Microsoft (and we're suppose to get warm fuzzy feelings about Mono) because the press states they still have a love fest with Novell... But, It's not OK for Sun or any other company to have survived to have signed an Agreement with the Evil Empire. Oh hell, I forgot about Apple, back awhile ago..........That ruins my thoughts.
Microsoft's mantra should be a take off of the 80's, (He who dies with the most toys wins)Microsoft's version should be:
He who has the most bugs wins!
Let me count the way's that keep me off windoze. Can someone say unethical business practices. More security breeches than swiss cheese. Licensing Agreements, that are way too high! And don't forget the constant need to upgrade to be running the latest software. Thank's I'll stay with Linux
Well that makes my mind up as far as travel plans this summer. Sorry Hon, we can't vacation in Italy this year, It be a little hard to explain why daddy's gone to jail for listening to music on his computer.
I can see it now, there's the nightly news describing how the web's being used to draw voters attention. with firefox being run as Vote for Bush, or Vote for Kerry. I think I'll just set mine up to say SCO Sucks!!!!
For those who want a great look at security, both in a closed source and open source OS, take a look at the March issue of Linux Magazine - Stephen J Vaughan-Nichols article on Security is a Process, not a Product. Mr. Vaughan-Nichols writes and quite correctly that security is every user's job, and that as Linux gains in popularity so does the threat of security concerns.
According to an article on CBSMarketwatch, Novell's Chairman & CEO Jack Messman during a conference call
with employee's and reporter's stated that "Novell planned to retain the SuSE brand, at least in the short term".
This to me doesn't sound too promising for a SuSE desktop OS down the road in the near future.
As of 12:45 today, Red Hat is down $2.19 or 14%, on concerns of competion according to CBSMarketwatch. A Major OUCH!, after the great rise of the past two months.
I just had to throw this one out here, figuring the black helicopter crowd might take the bait. Let's see RH9, last version of Red Hat as we know it, SuSE get's bought out by Novell after Version 9, Mandrake 9.2 eat's LG cdrom drives, only Slack seems to getting through the 9's nicely!!!
I can't help but wonder how the city of Munich feels, as wasn't it them who just recently signed a big contract with SuSE to replace Microsoft on their computers, even with a higher price - I'm sure some national pride came into play as SuSE was a German origin distro. Wonder if we ( meaning Linux), would still have won, if it was a Novell offering.
I agree this is an absolutely brillant move on the part of Novell., They're going to be going after not only Microsoft, but Red Hat and the Enterprise Server Market. I think it's going to be rather interesting to see if SuSE Linux as a desktop OS survives.
This is the final straw, I believe that Red Hat, SUSE,Mandrake, exc along with every individual developer, should file suit for violating the GPL. As for myself, somewhere I have an old copy of Open Linux that I am going to send back to them, along with a message that the SCO Executives can eat my shorts!!!, They can sue me for using Linux.
Dave S.
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Let me guess, It's okay by the press for Novell to sell us out to Microsoft (and we're suppose to get warm fuzzy feelings about Mono) because the press states they still have a love fest with Novell... But, It's not OK for Sun or any other company to have survived to have signed an Agreement with the Evil Empire. Oh hell, I forgot about Apple, back awhile ago..........That ruins my thoughts.
Microsoft's mantra should be a take off of the 80's, (He who dies with the most toys wins)Microsoft's version should be: He who has the most bugs wins!
Let me count the way's that keep me off windoze. Can someone say unethical business practices. More security breeches than swiss cheese. Licensing Agreements, that are way too high! And don't forget the constant need to upgrade to be running the latest software. Thank's I'll stay with Linux
Well that makes my mind up as far as travel plans this summer. Sorry Hon, we can't vacation in Italy this year, It be a little hard to explain why daddy's gone to jail for listening to music on his computer.
I can see it now, there's the nightly news describing how the web's being used to draw voters attention. with firefox being run as Vote for Bush, or Vote for Kerry. I think I'll just set mine up to say SCO Sucks!!!!
For those who want a great look at security, both in a closed source and open source OS, take a look at the March issue of Linux Magazine - Stephen J Vaughan-Nichols article on Security is a Process, not a Product. Mr. Vaughan-Nichols writes and quite correctly that security is every user's job, and that as Linux gains in popularity so does the threat of security concerns.
I don't think He'll be able to to order his toast, lightly toasted this morning.
Time for the Slashdot Chorus to start singing, "Chestnut's roasting by the open Fire"
According to an article on CBSMarketwatch, Novell's Chairman & CEO Jack Messman during a conference call with employee's and reporter's stated that "Novell planned to retain the SuSE brand, at least in the short term". This to me doesn't sound too promising for a SuSE desktop OS down the road in the near future.
As of 12:45 today, Red Hat is down $2.19 or 14%, on concerns of competion according to CBSMarketwatch. A Major OUCH!, after the great rise of the past two months.
I just had to throw this one out here, figuring the black helicopter crowd might take the bait. Let's see RH9, last version of Red Hat as we know it, SuSE get's bought out by Novell after Version 9, Mandrake 9.2 eat's LG cdrom drives, only Slack seems to getting through the 9's nicely!!!
I can't help but wonder how the city of Munich feels, as wasn't it them who just recently signed a big contract with SuSE to replace Microsoft on their computers, even with a higher price - I'm sure some national pride came into play as SuSE was a German origin distro. Wonder if we ( meaning Linux), would still have won, if it was a Novell offering.
Have you seen the prices of Novell Products over the years, I believe they'll only being selling server products only!!!
CBSMarketwatch is reporting that IBM has announced that it will invest 50 Million in Novell, This is getting more interesting by the minute!!!
I agree this is an absolutely brillant move on the part of Novell., They're going to be going after not only Microsoft, but Red Hat and the Enterprise Server Market. I think it's going to be rather interesting to see if SuSE Linux as a desktop OS survives.
This is the final straw, I believe that Red Hat, SUSE,Mandrake, exc along with every individual developer, should file suit for violating the GPL. As for myself, somewhere I have an old copy of Open Linux that I am going to send back to them, along with a message that the SCO Executives can eat my shorts!!!, They can sue me for using Linux. Dave S.
I wanna smoke whatever your're smokin, or is that the kool-aid that you're drinkin???