http://eric.extremeboredom.net/2006/11/05/269 adventures into and out of extreme boredom. Sun, 02 May 2010 03:16:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://eric.extremeboredom.net/2006/11/05/269/comment-page-1#comment-10949 K. L. Estes Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:17:30 +0000 http://eric.extremeboredom.net/2006/11/05/269#comment-10949 Here here ! Here here !

]]> http://eric.extremeboredom.net/2006/11/05/269/comment-page-1#comment-10905 ph Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:03:50 +0000 http://eric.extremeboredom.net/2006/11/05/269#comment-10905 I think this is a very smart business decision on Novell's part. Basically they're saying to customers choosing from various Linux distributions: if you want to use Linux and Windows together then Suse is the best choice for you since we can guarantee that we can develop interoperability without worrying about IP concerns. Something that no other Linux vendor can say. RedHat's response is kin to saying the opposite: if you're using Linux and Windows together then we don't care about you - you should be using open standards anyway... I think this is a very smart business decision on Novell’s part. Basically they’re saying to customers choosing from various Linux distributions: if you want to use Linux and Windows together then Suse is the best choice for you since we can guarantee that we can develop interoperability without worrying about IP concerns. Something that no other Linux vendor can say. RedHat’s response is kin to saying the opposite: if you’re using Linux and Windows together then we don’t care about you – you should be using open standards anyway…

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