[OT]: Novell's Intentions (Was: Misc. bits.)

[Christopher Browne]

On 7/10/07, Scott Elcomb <psema4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Is it just me, or does Novell look like it's trying to play both sides
> of the fence?
>
> On 7/10/07, Colin McGregor <colinmc151-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > The fact that the SAMBA people have decided to convert
> > to GPL 3 is in my books a great thing. This will make
> > life rough for Novell and/or Microsoft, as either
> > Novell has to either fork a piece of software that is
> > key to their Microsoft compatibility efforts or they
> > have to drag Microsoft kicking and screaming (which
> > they have already started doing) into GPL 3.
>
> I'd like to think that Novell has been acting, secretly, like a
> double-agent for FOSS.  Whether that's true or not probably depends on
> which way the wind is blowing.

I don't know what side they're on.

Actually, I do; they're on their own side.  Or their investors'.  Or
management's side.  Or some combination thereof.

I'm quite sure they're not on "our" side, for a pretty liberal set of
possible interpretations of what "our" might mean...

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