RE: [MLUG] SuSE

["F Vernon Green" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Well I see the issue here being that these flavors of Linux are no
longer going to be free for you to download. You are going to be forced
to buy a subscription to them.

Case in point for SuSE, they already have their enterprise versions of
the software that you have to pay a subscription fee for and it is not
cheap either. Couple that with the fact to get their newest distro from
their website for install you have to do the install over an Internet
FTP connection.

Of course you can order a CD Bundle from them and pay the $75 or
whatever it is and WAIT for the CD to arrive.

I think what people are getting angry about is that their free OS that
is available anytime anyplace is now becoming a purchase only software
and it is getting expensive. Do you think Novell is going to commit
those 600 staff members to Linux without getting something back from it?


> -----Original Message-----
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> EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russell Horn
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 3:52 AM
> To: MLUG Members
> Subject: RE: [MLUG] SuSE
> 
> I'm really quite surprised at the reaction here to the Novell/SuSE
> announcement, especially given that reactions elsewhere have been much
> more
> positive.
> 
> This should be a huge move forwards in mainstream linux. Novell have
> committed to keeping the full range of Linux versions from desktop
through
> to enterprise server solutions. Novell make probably the best
> file/print/directory server solutions and will now offer them on linux
at
> a
> lower total cost than on Win2k3. That means more enterprises switching
> from
> Windows to Linux. Surely a good thing.
> 
> Novell have trained more than 600 staff to support their linux
offerings -
> that's double the number of people SuSE employ - that shows some long
term
> commitment to linux. SuSE's 300 strong team of staff are joining an
> operation that has more than four times that many working in tech
support
> alone.
> 
> We should also take note that IBM contributed $50m to Novell - IBM are
> hugely committed to linux and open source, and use SuSE as their in
house
> distro. Another huge partnership towards linux and SuSE.
> 
> We shouldn't forget the implications of this in the SCO affair either.
> SuSE
> were a major partner in United Linux - as were SCO. SuSE is now owned
by
> Novell, and IBM have taken a big share in Novell. Novell sold SCO
their
> right to sell Unix. IBM have placed their thumbs into two more pies
both
> of
> which will have contractual agreements with SCO that could be very
useful
> in
> their court case.
> 
> All in all, Novell have been around for a long time and have a huge
> presence
> in the enterprise. They needed an OS to replace the aging Netware and
> linux
> was the obvious choice. That left two possible candidates, RedHat or
SuSE.
> Now RedHat would have cost a couple of billion in a takeover, so they
got
> SuSE for a fraction of that. I bet Novell are delighted, SuSE has its
> future
> secured and linux can only benefit long term.
> 
> Russell.
> 
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