Re: Why not openSUSE...?
> Your belief is wrong. Novell made the deal because a) it needed a quick
> $$$ fix badly at that time, b) it thought that by having "protection"
> from MS, it will gain a large amount of customers due to this and c) the
> only way to get the "protection" and quick fix was to agree to a patent
> deal with MS
Not sure that I believe your supposition. Last time I checked Novell had
a boat load of cash in the bank...even before the M$ deal. I don't think
lack of cash has ever been a Novell issue...not spending any on marketing
does have some rewards apparently.
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