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.