10.04.07
Quote of the Day: ”I Would Prefer Less Linux Adoption to Anyone Choosing Suse”
Watch some of the latest comments in Matt Asay’s blog because they are interesting. Justin Steinman still doesn’t get it and Dave Rosenberg (MuleSource CEO) says the following:
Pathetic attempt to be relevant
It is so disappointing and pathetic that this is the path that Novell has taken. At this point I would prefer less Linux adoption to anyone choosing Suse.
As we have already said, you are encouraged to stay away from OpenSUSE (10.3 officially released today) for a variety of reasons.




Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself.
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support.
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux.
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys.
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft.
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy.