<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV>Probably not but i know someone in Novell who we could contact and ask can they put someone forward.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Aidan</DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 16 Nov 2006, at 21:46, Vladimir Jakubovskij wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">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. 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