Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:18:26 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: "Jeffrey V. Merkey" <jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com>
Cc: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>, Linux kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Faustian Pact between Novell and Microsoft
Message-ID: <20061107081826.GD21655@elf.ucw.cz>
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Hi!

> >>It's official.  Microsoft and Novell will now fork Linux.
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >(It's not clear what do you mean by "fork Linux". You mean fork the
> >kernel? Basically all the normal distributions are "forking the kernel"
> >and it seems to work fine. If not the kernel, it's even less clear.)
> >
> >But I guess I just take you too seriously. ;-)
> >
> > 
> >
> No problem. I was shocked to see it happen, but I left Novell 10 years 
> ago trying to make
> the same thing happen between the two, so today for me the future took 
> root in the
> present. Seriously, Novell has a limited lifespan unless acquired, and 
> an M$ acquisition
> would be a good thing for the company.

Now, agreement was a bad idea in the first place, and comments like...

This is a watershed moment for Linux. It fundamentally changes the
rules of the game. We're really excited about this deal, and we hope
you are too.

(from http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/openletter.html) only make
it worse, but acquisition? I'd hope not even mickey$oft has enough
cash for _that_.
									Pavel
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