[SLUG] Re: Novell to buy SUSE

[djrogers at softhome.net]

I've just head that IBM are looking to buy Novell, ahh trhe crazy world of 
computing 

 

Jonathan Worthington writes: 

>> > I received this yesterday, thought you might like to see it.
>> >
>> > "Novell today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire
>> > SUSE LINUX, one of the world's leading enterprise Linux companies,
>> > <snip> 
>>
>>
>> Don't know if this is good or bad news, i will have to seriously consider
>> upgrading to SuSE 9.0 pro before Novell get there paws on it.    It's good
>> news in so far as everywhere i've looked on the net of late for solving
>> problems seems to suggest that SuSE is best Linux distro, and Novell seem
> to
>> agree too!
> Interestingly, Novell were the ones who sold SCO some of the rights to UNIX
> stuff, which SCO are claiming has found it's way into Linux (the kernel).
> Darl McBride also used to work at Novell. 
> 
> I think the Novell/SuSE thing will work out well, but I do fear some people
> could get a little PO'd over KDE vs Gnome issues.  Novell also purchased
> ximian, who make the ximian desktop - based on Gnome.  SuSE is very clearly
> KDE oriented.  Of course, the ximian desktop isn't all ximian had to
> offer...they're involved in other stuff; notably, the Mono project.  But
> having one team of pro-Gnome people and one of pro-KDE people all working
> for one organisation who'll surely want to pool their resources could have
> interesting consequences.  (And good ones as well as bad - better Gnome/KDE
> integration could certainly come of it). 
> 
> Jonathan 
> 
>  
> 
 


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