[Leaplist] MS and Novel join forces

[ray]

David Simmons wrote:
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>> is this a good thing?  on the surface i can see benefit from having
>>     
> a
>   
>> company as powerful as MS backing Linux via Novell, but is
>>     
> this really
>   
>> what is happening?
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>
> from Chris Cox of
> NTLUG:
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>
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>> If you read Novell's announcement you'll
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> get a clearer
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>> picture.  M$ isn't
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> going to sell SUSE, however, Novell is
>   
>> the Linux partner of choice when Microsoft needs to
>>     
> bring
>   
>> Linux in on a sale.  Biggest
>>     
> thing it the patents deal which
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> means that Microsoft won't use their patents against
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>> Novell (and vice versa).  Since not using patents
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> against
>   
>> Novell implies not using
>>     
> patents against a lot of open
>   
> source software, this could be a very good thing.
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>
> See: http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/faq.html
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Hmm thanks for that link.  So is MS going to come back to the SMB table 
and work with the SMB group to help linux talk with NTFS?

In all on the cover it appears like a GREAT advancement for Linux.  Now 
i noticed that it is just for SuSe enterprise and saw no mention of 
OpenSuSe.  What are the differences between OpenSuSe and SuSe enterprise 
so far as what is in the distros and what can be done with them with 
hacking?

Can you make OpenSuSe work the same way and does it have access to all 
of the tools that are in SuSe Enterprise?

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