SuSE in bed with Bill
 

Microsoft and Novell Announce Broad Collaboration on Windows and Linux Interoperability and Support.
Sleeping with the enemy comes to mind. :Sprint:
Microsoft's final step to World domination?
See the podcast at http://www.microsoft.com/events/exec.../webcasts.mspx

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Mwahahahahahahahahahahahah

I can see it now - MSnix

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Well my respect for Novell/SuSE just went down a notch :rolleyes:

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It could be a good thing :shrug:

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Couldn't care less Suse has been a slapper all her life she's been in bed with Oracle too.

Never liked Suse for trying to partner who ever has the biggest ...................................... wallet

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:notopic: Actually our college network is based on Novell

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Most are MadGamer, it's the best software other than Active Directory for a structured network

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Why the problem with a bit of co-operation?

I thought everybody was in favour of a bit of cross platform compatibility?

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I'm in favour of cross platform compatibility but I think there are too many things that provide the opportunity for MS to stitch up Linux in general as a result of this at a later date.

For exampling selling/supporting a Linux system setup in such a way as to give worse performance than a Windows system they then sell to replace it. Anyone remember the MS "Get the facts" campaign and the rather skewed comparisons?

I'm not saying it's all bad (the interop work between the two Office platforms sounds good) it's just that on MS' track record I can't help but feel this is more the start of a long term play against Linux in general.

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You'd think so, wouldn't you?

Unix users (like Mac users) aren't so much a group of people, they are a sub-culture. They actually thrive on typing in 100 character command line commands, complete with memorising 20 different switches. They love having to compile every bit software they download, and then trawling the net for hours looking for the right dependency to make it compile. They hate improvements like this.

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Harsh :(








but fair;)

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100% Agreed
Unix users are complete nerds.

Fortunately I'm a Linux user : Linux Is Not Unix

c:\> net stop punky /reclaim wasted bandwidth

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Problem is Micro$oft's idea of cross platform involves buying the other out then shutting it down.

Never forget

:LOL:

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and there was me thinking the Simpsons was a fictional cartoon series, not a hard-hitting business documentary! ;)

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The would be logical. However, historically, the computer industry has favoured incompatible platforms.

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I never said it was, but its classed as Unix-like for a reason. Linux is drawn heavily from Unix in its history. I say Unix because its quick and easier, but everything I said applies to equally to Unix, Linux, and other derivatives (like BSD) platforms.

Unix users are complete nerds then? Does that mean Linux users are uppity pedants?

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Well, the correct name for Linux is GNU/Linux, and of course, GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not Unix", so technically speaking....

Oh, bugger, have I just proven your point, Punky?

:D

Getting back on topic, I've not watched the podcast but I'd be wary about anything supposed to promote cross-operability when MS is concerned, as they have a habit of taking open standards that others have adopted, modifying them to make them incompatible with the standard, releasing them as their own Microsoft-ised version, and then using their dominance of the market to dictate which version of said standards should be carried forward.

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Are you telling me its not. Oh nooooooo. what do i do now ?

Just to add. I hate micro*****e and all it stands for. He's a copy cat who has a operating system with more holes in it than a sieve, you would have expected by now they might have fixed there operating system. God help us if he gets any control over Linux. And as for vista. Even that is full of holes :rolleyes:

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Well said.

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Interesting theory on the real long term plan behind this move:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35525

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I just bloody well hope this doesn't have any effect on the Ubuntu/Kubuntu project, otherwise I will be REALLY heeved off.

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Interesting indeed... just saw this article about Ballmer's latest outburst.

http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.p...39;fp;2;fpid;1 [linuxworld.com]

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Novell takes payment from MS and subsequently drops development on a potential open source alternative to MS Exchange.
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl.../11/28/1958210

Coincidence? I don't think so...