<OT> RedHat makes a buck

[Tony Alfrey]

Bob Hemus wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 23:39 -0800, Tony Alfrey wrote:
>> Kurt Wall wrote:
>>> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 08:55:14PM -0700, Collins Richey wrote:
>>>> No shields needed. Novell had the chance to be a premier Linux vendor,
>>>> but they chose to align themselves with the Dark Side instead. They've
>>>> mad a buck or two also, but most loyal Linux fans wouldn't touch them
>>>> with a fork.
>>> Nope. I wouldn't touch Novell with /your/ ten-foot pole.
>>>
>>> Kurt
>> I think that whether or not they've made a buck or two depends on which 
>> accountants are auditing the books
>>
>> http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Novell-Reports-Financial-prnews-13750032.html
>>
> You know, I downloaded Novell a month or so ago and it had changed from
> a couple of years ago that I didn't recognize it.  I didn't care for it.
> It was a pita to install, tried to overwrite everything.
> Bob

Bigtime, continuous angst on the SuSE list over the decision to push to 
KDE 4.0 versus KED 3.5 before "it was soup".  But apparently there are 
similar issues on the Fedora list over the same decision.  Others on the 
list who are bleeding edge current can comment.



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