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Now the only question is, who'll buy it first? @KGIII , @wizardfromoz , or @f33dm3bits
SuSE might be for sale?
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Now the only question is, who'll buy it first? @KGIII , @wizardfromoz , or @f33dm3bits
No idea, but I hope not IBM.
I admit that I have a couple of bucks. In fact, a good way to describe it is to say that I'm 'financially independent'.
I do not have 6 billion dollars. Well, not US dollars... I do have some Zimbabwean currency that was given to me as a joke gift. However, those bank notes are essentially worthless now -- and weren't worth much then.
So, I will not be buying this.
Also, I've mentioned that people should slap me if I ever seriously consider creating and maintaining my own distributed distro. I dare say that this would count as such, even though I'd not be doing the work myself. However, I do own shares in IBM. They own Red Hat.
Maybe MSFT will buy 'em. I'm out of the running.
I do not have 6 billion dollars. Well, not US dollars... I do have some Zimbabwean currency that was given to me as a joke gift. However, those bank notes are essentially worthless now -- and weren't worth much then.
So, I will not be buying this.
Also, I've mentioned that people should slap me if I ever seriously consider creating and maintaining my own distributed distro. I dare say that this would count as such, even though I'd not be doing the work myself. However, I do own shares in IBM. They own Red Hat.
Maybe MSFT will buy 'em. I'm out of the running.
my question is why?
if they sold it in the past to other people why will they sell it AGAIN!?
I don't understand
And if it gets selled, what will that mean to us linux enthusiasts, developer, administrators, etc we won't be able to use openSUSE leap or any of SUSE software in the near or far future ahead?
if they sold it in the past to other people why will they sell it AGAIN!?
I don't understand
And if it gets selled, what will that mean to us linux enthusiasts, developer, administrators, etc we won't be able to use openSUSE leap or any of SUSE software in the near or far future ahead?
beanburrito
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Meh, kinda sad but the SUSE of today doesn't really feel like the "SuSE" of yesterday.
Their whole Novell/Microsoft love affair and patent fiasco many years ago soured my taste for SuSE. And we see today where Novell is. The results of that "partnership" didn't really bear much fruit, did it?
It's a shame, really. I loved YaST back in the day. Compiz was fresh and wobbily windows were the rage along with spinning the cubed desktop.
SUSE Studio wasn't bad in their later years, when you could select packages via web and have it create your own custom ISO.
Their whole Novell/Microsoft love affair and patent fiasco many years ago soured my taste for SuSE. And we see today where Novell is. The results of that "partnership" didn't really bear much fruit, did it?
It's a shame, really. I loved YaST back in the day. Compiz was fresh and wobbily windows were the rage along with spinning the cubed desktop.
SUSE Studio wasn't bad in their later years, when you could select packages via web and have it create your own custom ISO.
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