[CS-FSLUG] My View on the MS/Novell Deal

[Ritchie, Josiah S.]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz [mailto:christiansource-
> bounces at ofb.biz] On Behalf Of Ed Hurst
> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 2:28 PM
> To: A Christian virtual Free Software and Linux Users Group.
> Subject: Re: [CS-FSLUG] My View on the MS/Novell Deal
> 
> Ritchie, Josiah S. wrote:
> > I posted this message in response to a Linux Journal article. If one
of
> > our journalists sees fit to make use of it, I don't require
attribution
> > or any such thing, but I would like to see the message sent out more
> > broadly to at least insight discussion in a more positive direction.
I
> > welcome your feedback.
> 
> This is generating an awful lot of buzz. I've read Novell's own FAQ on
> this, but they've lied before, as does any large corporation I've ever
> known. When the primary objective is to market a product for profit,
> full honesty is simply unlikely these days. Trust God, trust people
> somewhat, but never trust a large corporation voluntarily.
> 
> There's some noise on the various forums related to SuSE, and some
> current fans are less than happy. However, it's the same people
unhappy
> Novell is involved in SuSE in the first place. I'm one of those, so
> unhappy I gave up altogether on SuSE, because I feel it's as slow and
> bloated as the product of Novell's new partner.
> 
> As for copyrights and liability issues: Who's to say? No matter what
> everyone says, from inside or outside, we can't be certain until they
> actually do things one way or the other. It is by their fruits we
shall
> know them. Corporate actions are seldom the results of any one
person's
> decisions, and often departs from stated plans, anyway.

I agree. That's why I didn't base my position on what the community
would gain from Novell and only loosely on the commitment that Microsoft
made it the contract to market Novell/SuSE product. That's all just
unknown.

JSR/