ianw1974 Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 A few links I've found from my Red Hat newsletter: Wake up little SUSE, Wake up. No, that's not good enough. Wake up SUSE customers, wake up. Novell is jeopardizing the future of Linux for its own short-term rewards. If you want to see Linux flourish, let alone survive after Novell's five year deal with Microsoft expires, I suggest we make an alternative five year deal with Microsoft. In this case, our part of the deal is to spend the next five minutes, months, or years migrating away from every shred of Novell/SUSE software in our home, office, or enterprise. Can read on more here: http://www.redhat.com/truthhappens/ Full article here: http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000121 And there's more: http://www.redhat.com/promo/believe/ http://www.redhat.com/promo/unfakeable/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Yeah, it's time for users to put their money where there mouths are... so to speak. It's all good and well objecting to this deal, but how many SuSe users have switched distros or made Novell aware of your feelings? This is a dangerous deal. Microsoft's long term goal is to control Linux by making Novell the only distributor left standing. Their success in doing so relies on our actions now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Well, I have seen several Linux users at fedoraforum switching from SUSE to fedora. I guess there are also a lot of people who switch from SUSE to Ubuntu (or yet another distro). But there will be a core of die-hard users that will use Novell and SUSE, no matter what deal Novell will make. The Novell/MS deal will surely hurt SUSE and Novell with respect to their userbase but not as much as some people expect imho. For me, SUSE was a no-no already before they became a part of Novell. But that is another story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 And here's what IBM thinks about it: http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS4468266798.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roseway Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 It was pretty clear at the outset that this deal was a poke in the eye for RedHat, so it's no surprise that they are responding in this way. It remains to be seen just where the deal will take Linux in its wider context, but some of the responses seem to be rather hysterical. That being said, it does make me feel a bit uncomfortable, and it's encouraged me to migrate here after using SuSE for the last 5 years. Reading the SuSE forums, I rather think that a lot of others have felt the same. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Welcome aboard, roseway. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roseway Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Thanks arctic :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiver_Fluffi Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Hmmm, not yer typical rant, not irrational anough, not enough drama! :D Joking aside, some really interesting points from that livejournal article, I was naver a big fan of Suse in the first place though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Hmmm, not yer typical rant, not irrational anough, not enough drama! :D Joking aside, some really interesting points from that livejournal article, I was naver a big fan of Suse in the first place though. True bit IBM is in a rather different position.... it owns enough patents that Microsoft is infringing (at least to a point of contention) as a security policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artificial Intelligence Posted November 23, 2006 Report Share Posted November 23, 2006 Well, I have seen several Linux users at fedoraforum switching from SUSE to fedora. I guess there are also a lot of people who switch from SUSE to Ubuntu (or yet another distro). But there will be a core of die-hard users that will use Novell and SUSE, no matter what deal Novell will make. The Novell/MS deal will surely hurt SUSE and Novell with respect to their userbase but not as much as some people expect imho. For me, SUSE was a no-no already before they became a part of Novell. But that is another story. I can sign that. Alot of ex-Suse users have entered the Ubuntuforums at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted November 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 I wonder how long before Novell change their minds :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 And here's a petition to Novell started by Bruce Perens: http://techp.org/petition/show/1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artificial Intelligence Posted November 24, 2006 Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 And here's a petition to Novell started by Bruce Perens: http://techp.org/petition/show/1 :o man...that list is long.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlc Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 me <- WebSphere Admin WebSphere runs on Suse, along with 5-6 other platforms, The point is IBM is a WHORE. I talk with them about daily :) There are some cool folks there, just the same as Novell. There ^ up folks are dumb as dirt..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.