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Greetings, ladoga. :)

I agree that we definitely need to try to get the media to cover more news about open-source software and GNU/Linux, but we must be tactful, or we might end up being compared...

Hello, robagen!Thank you for sharing your experience with Vista. How many corporations are going to go for the "deluxe" version if even their graphics cards are "insufficient"? Plus, I do a lot of...

Hello, nabetse.Thank you for the link to the article.

I would not be a bit surprised if the incompatibility were intentional! :mad:

Soooo... we have another valid reason to avoid Vista! :p
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URL: <http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8333917561.html>

Hello, everyone.

Perhaps the BadVista.org blog/campaign comes across -- at least at first blush -- as FUD, but I am thankful for GNU/Linux and the freedom, choice, and power that Linux offers! :)...

Hello, happybunny. :) Thank you for sharing this link. I am still reading the article on-line.

Speaking of Microsoft and its general desire to control Windows XP, I spent today with my uncle, who...

Hello, ladoga. :) Thank you for posting this link.

Groklaw focuses on the term "meeting of minds": "...There obviously was no meeting of the minds. Without a meeting of the minds, there are no...

Hello, cybertron.Thank you for your message.

Microsoft does not do well under the scrutiny of intellectual property and, especially, innovation. The company is based, on so many levels, on...

Hello, afterburntdw!Thank you for the link to the LinuxWorld article, afterburntdw. It does indeed "make my blood boil"! :mad:

I recently decided to stop using SuSE Linux, because of the agreement...

Hello, afterburntdw.I hope that Eben Moglen's prediction comes true.

I find it interesting, in Novell's statement, that Novell's second "objective remains the growth of Linux and Open Source...."...

Hello, afterburntdw.Thank you for sharing this link.

Bill Hilf's statement, "We are saying we are providing coverage for Novell’s customers from a Microsoft intellectual property perspective,"...

Hello, cybertron.I agree with you.

I can remember some years ago when people were starting to take Linux seriously, but Microsoft was not. I believe the companies with which Linux is now strongly...

Hello, Craig.Thank you for sharing the link to Red Hat's response to the Novell and Microsoft agreement.

I especially like the following statement in the response:Thanks, again, Craig! :)
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Hello, ladoga.Thank you for sharing this link to the announcement from the Samba Web site.

I have basically finalized my decision to stop using SuSE Linux, after using SuSE exclusively for the...

Hello, Parcival.Thank you for relating the interpretation from the German blog.

If Microsoft uses Novell's customer database and contacts customers who are using Novell's SuSE Linux products (such...

Hello, cybertron.Thank you for your thoughts.

I am not one to react rashly, especially given the fact that I have used SuSE Linux for four years, but if Debian "testing"/"Etch" works out for me --...

Hello, cybertron. :) As Jeff mentioned, now when you pay for SuSE Linux, you are also contributing to Microsoft's coffers. (I bought the retail version of SuSE Linux 10.1 to help fund openSuSE, and I...

Greetings, Parcival! :) You said that "good software" needs space. If we are discussing Windows XP and Vista -- as well as the newer, huger, version of Microsoft Office -- should we be asking how...

Hello, everyone.

I'd like to interject a bit of levity in this discussion.

When I think of Steve Ballmer, I immediately recall his "Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers..." "money...

Hello, everyone.

I do not want to stir up discord, but I feel that I should pass along the e-mail message that I got today from Novell.

I welcome your (civil) comments. :)

Thank you!
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