What relationship between Opensuse and Microsoft?

[ashmu]

Hi,

Before i choose, which Linux would be as main os on my laptop i had think a lot , but after reading feedback on internet, certain people say Opensuse got relationship with microsoft is that true ?

What is the term of this relationship really ? i would like to know more about it please

[Miuku]

In short; None.
In length; None.

Novell had a deal with Microsoft which in short boiled down to ;“Let’s not sue each other if we happen to have stuff that infringes on the others patents”, this was mainly aimed at Enterprise customers to protect them from litigation. As for openSUSE users this had and has no real meaning.

[hendersj]

On Sun, 16 Nov 2014 18:46:04 +0000, ashmu wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Before i choose, which Linux would be as main os on my laptop i had
> think a lot , but after reading feedback on internet, certain people
> say Opensuse got relationship with microsoft is that true ?
>
> What is the term of this relationship really ? i would like to know more
> about it please

There isn’t really a relationship between openSUSE and Microsoft.

There is a business arrangement between SUSE (a major sponsor of openSUSE)
and Microsoft - or was, I’m not sure if it’s still in force any more.

Don’t believe any of the FUD you read about that relationship, though -
it’s not anything any more nefarious than Microsoft agreed for a period
of time to sell SLES subscriptions. Some people will insinuate that it’s
more diabolical than that; it isn’t. It started with a relationship
between Novell and Microsoft years ago that included some agreements to
cooperate on some development efforts (mostly around the companies’
identity management products, not around operating systems at all).

Microsoft hasn’t tainted openSUSE in any way - at least in no way more
than any other distribution (they have an agreement with RedHat as well,
yet nobody insinuates anything nasty in Fedora because of that agreement)

• which I say because Microsoft developers have contributed to the
  Linux Kernel - at one time, Microsoft was one of the larger corporate
  contributors to the Linux Kernel, IIRC.

So sleep easy, and use openSUSE.

Jim

–
Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
Forum Use Terms & Conditions at http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C

[robin_listas]

On 2014-11-16 19:46, ashmu wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Before i choose, which Linux would be as main os on my laptop i had
> think a lot , but after reading feedback on internet,

Probably very old posts.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

[baskitcaise]

Jim Henderson adjusted his tin foil beanie and wrote:

>
> Microsoft hasn’t tainted openSUSE in any way - at least in no way more
> than any other distribution (they have an agreement with RedHat as well,
> yet nobody insinuates anything nasty in Fedora because of that agreement)
> - which I say because Microsoft developers have contributed to the
> Linux Kernel - at one time, Microsoft was one of the larger corporate
> contributors to the Linux Kernel, IIRC.
>
> So sleep easy, and use openSUSE.
>
> Jim
>

I will go 100% with Jim as well just to make a point, the clue is in the
name “Opensuse” I think you might find the community would go very hard if
it was not “Open”

HTH

Cheers.

–
Mark
Caveat emptor
Nullus en verba
Nil Illigitimi Carborundum

[robin_listas]

On 2014-11-18 16:18, baskitcaise wrote:

> the clue is in the name “Opensuse”

It is openSUSE, written that specific way.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)