Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on November 03, 2006 10:56 PM
Newsforge/Linux.com gave you more information than you had when you woke up. It effects FOSS rather directly being that a major distribution is working with Microshaft. But then, if you've been reading the news, you may have noticed that the proprietary world is taking much more notice of FOSS. Granted, MS software will never work 100% with anything but Microsoft because that's, well, good for business.
But I digress, the point is you have more information now than you did when you started reading this article. It effects FOSS directly and as such is a valid article for the site. It keeps you informed on what move proprietary software houses are making in support or offense of FOSS.
It also notifies the Suse user community to be aware of what is going on and to watch for signs of the distribution degrading.
If M$ stays true to there word and has not spent three months in detremental backroom deals then great. M$ has a tone of resources as long as they don't contaminate the FOSS community for later IP action or similar M$ proven strategies.
If M$ has yet again got there hand down the pants of another software developer.. well.. it worked out great in the past now didn't it:
Apple BSD Java OS2/WinNT
yes, if they provide un-IP'd patches with sign-off, Linus will allow it into the kernel, and I'll use it. If they consume Suse (a-la-OS2) to develop there own Microsoft osX-P for release after the Vista debacle, well, FOSS is far and wide; Suse will be a loss but not the last Distribution.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on November 03, 2006 10:56 PMBut I digress, the point is you have more information now than you did when you started reading this article. It effects FOSS directly and as such is a valid article for the site. It keeps you informed on what move proprietary software houses are making in support or offense of FOSS.
It also notifies the Suse user community to be aware of what is going on and to watch for signs of the distribution degrading.
If M$ stays true to there word and has not spent three months in detremental backroom deals then great. M$ has a tone of resources as long as they don't contaminate the FOSS community for later IP action or similar M$ proven strategies.
If M$ has yet again got there hand down the pants of another software developer.. well.. it worked out great in the past now didn't it:
Apple
BSD
Java
OS2/WinNT
yes, if they provide un-IP'd patches with sign-off, Linus will allow it into the kernel, and I'll use it. If they consume Suse (a-la-OS2) to develop there own Microsoft osX-P for release after the Vista debacle, well, FOSS is far and wide; Suse will be a loss but not the last Distribution.
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