Who would be the best suitor if Novell is to be sold?
- Elliot
- IBM
- Oracle
- HP
- Microsoft
- Other
At least then I’d get a Geeko since I’m smooth with the IBM guys 
google
sap
sony
levono
china
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palladium
I’d have suspicions about Google or Sony. A direct investment in Linux by the Chinese would scare the s**t out of Microsoft. If they thought piracy was bad, this would be a monster.
HP or IBM would be good
I would like to see SuSe back on its own again;
I think if HP bought it, we would start to see more PC/notebook offer with Linux (openSuse) on it instead of Windoze junk.
They may also increase their business offers containing Suse.
Ibm wouldn’t be bad either, but they’d probably concentrate on business offers.
Google buying Novell would at least be as horrible as that Elliot investor firm buying it.
Google would do the same they’re doing with Chrome, but instead of only spying on everything that is browsed in Chrome (and claiming ownership of it), they would spy on everything people do in the OS :sick:
I’d be interested in the views of others on the pros and cons of IBM or Oracle taking over the helm.
Tell the con of Oracle is well look what it did to sun…
We have yet to see what becomes of MySQL. Oracle has entered OSS belatedly, and maybe even reluctantly. IBM have been champions of open source for a long time, and I wouldn’t have any suspicions of ulterior motives.
IBM have been champions of open source for a long time, and I wouldn’t have any suspicions of ulterior motives.
That is what I would hope too. I wonder if it would be a good financial move for them?
chief sealth wrote:
> IBM have been champions of open
> source for a long time, and I wouldn’t have any suspicions of ulterior
> motives.
like most, IBM motives are simple: profit
IBM had a superior product in the '90s and turned their back on it
to court the overwhelming number of Redmond users, simply to max profits…
i can’t see them buying and coddling openSUSE just to be nice…
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palladium
I would prefer IBM as they are not just a “software” company, and have had significant involvement with linux, although historically that was more with RedHat. If Suse Linux is profitable enough (i.e. by IBM’s standard) it could be a good move for them once the SCO debacle is sorted.
It may have been superior to Win 3.1 (I thought so), but it didn’t work early enough with a wide enough spectrum of hardware (lack of working drivers). So, Win 95 arrived without that problem, and IBM had no choice but to support the consumer’s preferred operating system if it wanted its successful PC (mainly ThinkPad) business to survive. It did, and was eventually sold to China to be branded as Lenovo. To me makes good business sense, and would prefer IBM to the other parties mentioned in this thread. 
They wouldn’t get in to lose money, would they? 
i can’t see them buying and coddling openSUSE just to be nice…
I was comparing IBM to Oracle. In either case, it would be mainly in their own interest, but IBM seems more likely to continue encouragement and investment in openSUSE.
IBM definitely
On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:54:37 +0000, palladium wrote:
> chief sealth wrote:
>> IBM have been champions of open
>> source for a long time, and I wouldn’t have any suspicions of ulterior
>> motives.
>
>
> like most, IBM motives are simple: profit
>
> IBM had a superior product in the '90s and turned their back on it to
> court the overwhelming number of Redmond users, simply to max profits…
>
> i can’t see them buying and coddling openSUSE just to be nice…
Well, the OS/2 story isn’t quite that simple; IBM and Microsoft were co-
developing it, and then Microsoft pulled out of the development picture.
ISTR there was even a lawsuit over it.
Jim
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Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
IBM/Lenovo joint venture maybe. Anyone who wants to drive the software forward, rather than just break up the company and flog off the best bits for profit.
I hope IBM stays away from OpenSuse; I do not want IBM doing to OpneSuse what it did to OS/2.
RichardET wrote:
> I do not want IBM doing to OpneSuse what it did to OS/2.
+1
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palladium