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Re: Novell keeping up secret promises to its new pals ?

  • Subject: Re: Novell keeping up secret promises to its new pals ?
  • From: Hadron Quark <qadronhuark@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:17:05 +0100
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Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:02:32 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> __/ [ Geico Caveman ] on Wednesday 29 November 2006 02:20 \__
>> 
>>> Chris Cox wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Geico Caveman wrote:
>>>>> http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/06/11/28/1958210.shtml
>>>> 
>>>> Only a caveman would come that conclusion... oh... nevermind...
>>> 
>>> Or : that was so obvious that even a Caveman could get it.
>> 
>> http://boycottnovell.com/2006/11/29/novells-exchange-killer/
>> 
>> You're totally right. Microsoft did the same thing to eliminate competition
>> with other Web services. Conquer, divide, disassemble, embrace, extend, and
>> extinguish.
>
> Ahh yes, more tinfoil.  Want to read what an actual developer of the Hula
> project said?
>
> http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=208806&cid=17030972
>
> Also
>
> http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=208806&cid=17026324
>
> Don't let facts get in the way of your paranoia, though.

I like this bit:

,----
| I don't know if you've noticed, but the project has essentially gone two
| years without a release, and if you've ever done any significant
| software development before, you know that's not a sign of a healthy
| project.
`----

But of course none of the COLA gang have done any real development so
they don't know. They see a delay as "choice" or some other such
whitewash.

To the COLA gang, 2 years between updates is normal for Linux
applications.




-- 
Kasha, n.:
	Kasha is always defined as "buckwheat groats".  There's only
	one problem with this definition: what the fuck are "buckwheat
	groats"?  *_I* know what they are -- they're kasha.  But that doesn't
	help *___you* much.
		-- Arthur Naiman, "Every Goy's Guide to Yiddish"

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