[Leaplist] microsoft / novell

[Jim Hartley]

It is certainly your right to refuse to use this product (or any other). 
And lord knows I hate Micro$haft as much as anyone ... although I am now 
a strong Linux advocate, I am STILL p*ssed at them for the way they 
sabotaged OS/2. Had I been the judge at the anti-trust trial, they would 
have been broken into about SIX pieces, with a sixth (or more) of the 
resources given to a "Windows 98" company, and far less to the "Windows 
NT/2K/XP" company  ... how's that for sabotage, hmmm?

BUT ... I think you are starting to sound a little Stallman-ish on this.

Jim Hartley

Fred Moore wrote:
> After reading much on this subject.. 
> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/steve/2006/11-02NovellInterop.mspx
>
> I have come to the following conclusion.   Novell is selling community code 
> down the tubes in their quest for bigger bucks.   Many have heard me talk 
> about suse 10 and 10.1 as a distro that works..   In fact I purchased 10 in 
> box format.   Tomorrow I will be sending addressed to
> Ronald W. Hovsepian the box I purchased. along with the origional disks, and 
> all copies I have made..  With a note telling them to keep his software.  It 
> is now only installed on one machine, my wifes... by the end of tomorrow that 
> will be removed..  I would do it sooner but have a pressing work project.
>
> I have come to the conclusion it is just not proper to support this company..
> From the many blogs I have read last night and today I don't think I am the 
> only person who feels this way..  Fred
>