Has Novell destroyed Suse?
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mwfolsom
mwfolsom writes "Just sent this to John Dragoon's Blog, he's the Chief Marketing Office for Novell — don't know if it will make it past "moderation" but its sent. — - — Sir:
I have been a huge supporter of Novell and Suse.
In many ways I have gone out on a limb to support Suse and now you do
this deal with Microsoft. — Please tell us what Microsoft gets out of this deal? Besides getting
a bit of change from Novell its not clear how they profit other than
getting a major Linux player to agree that Linux and open source has
legal issues. — Novell has agree to pay tribute to Microsoft for Intellectual
Property that Linux contains. Can you tell us what things in Linux have
infringed upon Microsoft's IP? Also, how much of the license money I
pay to Novell for SLES10 or SLED10 is headed to Microsoft for that IP? — Besides agreeing with Microsoft that Linux has patent problems and
impuning its code base please tell us what Novell gets out of this deal? — Since you have now agreed with Microsoft that Linux has legal issues
why should the open source community view Novell with anything but scorn?
All I can see is that Novell has helped spread FUD about Linux and
patent issues, stupidy hurt or possibly destroyed Suse, and damaged Linux.
I have always remember something I heard from a Novell — In the long
term no one has ever prospered by partnering with Microsoft. Sad that
you have forgotten that little fact.
Novell has done itself a disservice, insulted the open source community,
and hurt Linux by this act."
