__/ [ BearItAll ] on Thursday 15 March 2007 09:01 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> S&P Cuts Novell to Strong Sell
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>> | Downgrades to 1 STARS (strong sell) from 2 STARS (sell)
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http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/mar2007/pi20070314_025087.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_investing
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>> Novell linked to 'Windows cheaper than Linux' statement
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>> | Novell has issued a joint press release with Microsoft, in which
>> | HSBC, a customer of joint technology from the two companies,
>> | claims that Windows has a lower total cost of ownership than Linux.
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>> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39286295,00.htm
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>> So Novell is Microsoft's bitch now.
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>>
>> Also see discussion in:
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>> http://boycottnovell.com/2007/03/14/novell-openoffice/
>
> I wonder if Novell would be willing to hand openSuse to another party in a
> bid to make ammends as well as to protect the openSuse project.
The domain freesuse was registered just a few days before the deal. Some
might still be thinking about forking... you know, rebrand the whole thing
and un-novellise it. Just like Unbreakbale and CentOS... make a branch of
this fine distro that is now bound to greedy execs and their foolish agenda.
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