[GRLUG] Novell, having fun are we?

[Bob Kline]

 Hang on to your seats.  Catch the last
 sentence at least.

   -Bob

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/06/microsoft_novell_analysis/

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Analysis By agreeing to license Microsoft's intellectual property,
SuSE distributor Novell has created a potentially fatal division in
what's called F/OSS, the Free/Open Source Software movement. What has
Novell done, and why is it so potentially damaging?

Free Software advocates have always insisted that "free" and "open"
were two movements loosely aligned, and that the Johnny Come Lately
"open source" term was just a media-friendly marketing moniker. The
"open source" lobby replied with some annoyance that this was an
unimportant semantic issue.
Now, however, that distinction is painfully apparent, and Microsoft is
exploiting it to the full.
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