Comments on: Novell Linux Mocks “I’m a Mac” TV Adverts

By: Antonio

Antonio — Mon, 07 May 2007 16:48:23 +0000

Thank you sjp. I like it too!

Back to Novell, I’m no Novell adict(!) but I think it’s fair to say that they have since 2006 a Open Source gratis version of their Operating system, (Open Suse). There’s also an Enterprise version with non open source Suse developped software with support and guarantee. This is similar to what was done with other big names on this industry like Red Hat, Mandrake (Now Mandriva), and many others. As far as I understand it no harm is done on this business model. On the contrary, having developers earning money is what keeps them alive and doing their work. There is no danger of the developer getting a monopoly (like Apple or Microsoft) because anyone can continue development on this open environment. It is open now and forever!

By: cenourinha

cenourinha — Tue, 01 May 2007 12:49:01 +0000

I think Novell isn’t the partner we want… we want a free linux community, not a paid linux community.

By: sjp

sjp — Tue, 01 May 2007 06:56:21 +0000

Antonio – love your blog URL – infobuddy is a great name.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:18:08 +0000

Cheers!
The videos are very funny, and I can agree that in the past Novell stinked very much with their strange servers, but now I’m using Open Suse and I’m quite happy with it. I’ve heard that Ubuntu is nice, but it didn’t even install on my ACER Aspire 1690. So, what’s wrong with Novell Linux?

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