Re: Migrating from Windows to Linux, but which one?



On Thursday 11 Jan 2007 04:58, kurt <kurtl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
alt.os.linux:

Suse (Novell) seems to be posturing itself
for an alliance with Microsoft, so many of us are skeptical of what
that will mean for open source software in the future, and so are
hesitant to lend our support in that direction. Open source must
remain open and free.

Good idea, let's ditch anything that has SUSE/Novell input:

The Linux Kernel
KDE
GNOME
YUM
ext2/3
Reiserfs

Will do for a start, after all we mustn't let Open Source be tainted by
one of its major contributors just because they are making it easier
for their clients to run Linux, must we?
--
Robert HULL

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