Is there Novel branch in Liverpool?<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/16/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">William Sanders / EFG</b> <<a href="mailto:wsanders@efgroup.net">wsanders@efgroup.net</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">You could have an IBM rep and a Novell Rep come to the UG meeting and either<br>have a battle or a marketing pitch competition.
<br>I've seen both vendors stuff last year when I was living in Singapore -<br>they WILL come IF you ask them.<br><br>IBM is committed to the open source movement with it's linux offering - and<br>really, it's IBM vs Novell for commerical linux usage, not MicroSoft.
<br><br>Regards [Bill]<br>===================<br>William Sanders / EFG VFP / mySql / MS-SQL<br><a href="http://www.efgroup.net/vfpwebhosting">www.efgroup.net/vfpwebhosting</a><br><a href="http://www.terrafox.net">www.terrafox.net
</a> <a href="http://www.viasqlserver.net">www.viasqlserver.net</a><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Aidan McGuire" <<a href="mailto:amcguire@bluefountain.com">amcguire@bluefountain.com</a>><br>
To: "Liverpool Linux User Group" <<a href="mailto:liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk">liverpool@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>><br>Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:10 AM<br>Subject: Re: [Liverpool] Novell and Microsoft (you know we had to)
<br><br><br>> I would agree, should we invite someone from novel and ask them to<br>> explain their "deal" if they dont perhaps we should put up somewhere<br>> we are opposed to the deal<br>> this may mean for those of us who use suse to start thinking of a
<br>> switch.<br>><br>><br>> On 15 Nov 2006, at 22:33, tony burrows wrote:<br>><br>> > Omar Baqueiro wrote:<br>> >> Greetings,<br>> >><br>> >> So, after some time I am sure everyone here has heard about the news
<br>> >> that Microsoft is shelling out some cash to Novell in order to "get<br>> >> into" the Linux buisness. (just take a look at google news ito learn<br>> >> about it: <a href="http://news.google.com/news?q=microsoft+novell+linux">
http://news.google.com/news?q=microsoft+novell+linux</a>).<br>> >><br>> >> My question would be, what is the opinion of the people over here?<br>> >> Does anyone in this group uses SUSE or Novel enterprise linux?
<br>> >><br>> >> My opinion is that the deal can not go wrong for Open Source as there<br>> >> is *no way* Microsoft can shut down the movement for itself. On the<br>> >> other hand, if Microsoft made some software available for Linux it
<br>> >> would only benefit it.<br>> >><br>> >> Well, a prety small comment. Hoping not to start a flame war.<br>> >><br>> >> Cheers,<br>> >><br>> >> Omar.<br>
> > The samba team seem to think it's a bad thing<br>> > <a href="http://news.samba.org/announcements/team_to_novell/">http://news.samba.org/announcements/team_to_novell/</a><br>> ><br>> > Personally I think they may have a point. MS can see Linux as a
<br>> > threat in the future and look as if they want to bring it 'into the<br>> > fold' as far as possible to keep users as people who have to put up<br>> > with what they are given. But then, I've always been a cynic.
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