Although I think your worst fears will be realised, I do not see that as being a bad thing for Linux users.
Linux as it is, will continue and will grow as it would anyway. Novell will bring proprietory corporate software to the suite.
Novell has always been a back office tool and this is their way forward. Their past products are old and worn now and Linux *IS* the future (it is the present in the back office. They will give Linux a lot of credibility in the boardroom and they will produce new tools for Linux that people that can afford them will use. That will not stop people that cannot afford them from using the currently available tools.
By making Linux stronger, Novell will help us all even if we cannot afford the new tools that we do not need. If we need those tools it will be our boses that pay for them, not us.
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Re:Proprietary Software
Posted by: Zemran on November 05, 2003 05:32 PMLinux as it is, will continue and will grow as it would anyway. Novell will bring proprietory corporate software to the suite.
Novell has always been a back office tool and this is their way forward. Their past products are old and worn now and Linux *IS* the future (it is the present in the back office. They will give Linux a lot of credibility in the boardroom and they will produce new tools for Linux that people that can afford them will use. That will not stop people that cannot afford them from using the currently available tools.
By making Linux stronger, Novell will help us all even if we cannot afford the new tools that we do not need. If we need those tools it will be our boses that pay for them, not us.
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