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Re: [News] [Linux] Dell Buys Linux from Microsoft Corp.

  • Subject: Re: [News] [Linux] Dell Buys Linux from Microsoft Corp.
  • From: William Poaster <wp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 12:33:02 +0100
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On Wed, 16 May 2007 11:37:21 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> __/ [ Tony Smith ] on Wednesday 16 May 2007 07:46 \__
> 
>> On Tue, 15 May 2007 19:02:23 -0700, John Bailo wrote:
>> 
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Does Dell Know Something?
>>>> 
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | So far, the impulse of the FOSS movement has been to use GPLv3 to |
>>>> torpedo the MSFT-NOVL deal and discourage interoperability,
>>> 
>>> Yeah, Novell is torpedoing the U-Crap-U deal and interjecting a real
>>> Linux onto Dell hardware.
>> I've been reading a lot about the building hatred of Ubuntu. Why does
>> you/they/everyone seem to have this opinion now? Surely Ubuntu has only
>> done good for Linux in general? Is it human nature to hate a success
>> story?
>> 
>> Tony(UK)
> 
> I wholeheatedly agree. Some people hate Ubuntu Linux with passion and it
> helps nobody. Ubuntu helps Linux as a whole. Admittedly, I do not
> recommend SUSE because Novell only harms Linux as a whole. We had a
> reminder as to why just a couple of days ago.

Well bailo isn't a linux advocate. IMO he's a MicroNovell shill with a 
vested interest.

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