03-11-2006, 07:39
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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. 
Microsoft's final step to World domination?
See the podcast at http://www.microsoft.com/events/exec.../webcasts.mspx
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03-11-2006, 08:24
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Re: SuSE in bed with Bill
Mwahahahahahahahahahahahah
I can see it now - MSnix
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03-11-2006, 08:28
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Re: SuSE in bed with Bill
Well my respect for Novell/SuSE just went down a notch 
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03-11-2006, 08:39
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Re: SuSE in bed with Bill
It could be a good thing 
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03-11-2006, 08:57
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Re: SuSE in bed with Bill
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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03-11-2006, 09:34
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Re: SuSE in bed with Bill
 Actually our college network is based on Novell
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03-11-2006, 10:03
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Re: SuSE in bed with Bill
Most are MadGamer, it's the best software other than Active Directory for a structured network
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03-11-2006, 11:30
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Re: SuSE in bed with Bill
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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03-11-2006, 11:50
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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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03-11-2006, 12:08
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Re: SuSE in bed with Bill
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Originally Posted by Chris W
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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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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03-11-2006, 13:05
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Re: SuSE in bed with Bill
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Originally Posted by punky
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 house 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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03-11-2006, 13:11
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Re: SuSE in bed with Bill
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Originally Posted by punky
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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100% Agreed
Unix users are complete nerds.
Fortunately I'm a Linux user : Linux Is Not Uni x
c:\> net stop punky /reclaim wasted bandwidth
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03-11-2006, 13:15
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Re: SuSE in bed with Bill
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Originally Posted by Chris W
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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Problem is Micro$oft's idea of cross platform involves buying the other out then shutting it down.
Never forget
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CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet. Gates orders his underlings to "buy out" Simpson's business, so they wreck the place. When Homer asks for the money Gates replies, "Oh, I didn't get rich by writing a lot of checks! [manic laughter]"
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03-11-2006, 13:32
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Re: SuSE in bed with Bill
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Originally Posted by Bill C
Problem is Micro$oft's idea of cross platform involves buying the other out then shutting it down.
Never forget
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CompuGlobalHyperMegaNet. Gates orders his underlings to "buy out" Simpson's business, so they wreck the place. When Homer asks for the money Gates replies, "Oh, I didn't get rich by writing a lot of checks! [manic laughter]"
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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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03-11-2006, 13:43
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Re: SuSE in bed with Bill
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Originally Posted by Chris W
I thought everybody was in favour of a bit of cross platform compatibility?
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The would be logical. However, historically, the computer industry has favoured incompatible platforms.
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