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| DATE | 2004-09-13 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Novell sees a 'both-source' future
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On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 07:15:35PM -0500, Steve Milo wrote:
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> Like I said, GNU/Linux has been riding on the coat tails of its own
> popularity long enough.
What does this mean? Does the kernel have an ego and it's running around
pounding its chest?
Ruben
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> Both Novell and RedHat are stinking this whole thing up, the former with
> 'both-source' and the latter with 'its not ready for the desktop'.
According to your opinion. Novell hasn't done anything of the sort.
All they've done is pay a lot of Free Software developers a ton of
cash and employment. How do you expect them to migrate their people
to Free Software desktops if you don't migrate their propietary stuff
over first, and then shift the mindshare inside and outside of their
company.
Did you ever spend 3 hours talking to Novell people about the power of X.
Let me tell you, that is not an easy conversation. And these were the
guys assigned to the Gnome Develoeprs Summit.
Show a little patients. Being the second largest desktop implimentation and
the fastest growing platform isn't good enough for you? They has a large
install base which paid for the aquisitions of SuSE and Ximian. They
can't just slash it all, and they are going to market it in a traditional
fashion as they migrate everyone to Free Software. This is not Caldera.
Save your hosility for SCO.
>
> Open-Source is not a gimmick or a marketing ploy, it can potentially be a
> powerful business model. There has to be a GNU/Linux corporation that is
> not afraid to blaze its own trail and take leadership in the market place.
I don't know what the fuck open source is, but it most definetely is a
marketing gimick. As for Free Software as a business model, Novell ***IS***
blazing a path. They've freed YAST and Connector and are investing
heavily in the marketing of Free Software and Open Standards.
Ruben
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