Steve Smith said:
> Mike wrote:
>>  Did no one like my news letter?  ;)
>> Just thought there would be more excitement about Linux getting more
>> marketshare and credability, not that a dinosaur is the best source or
>>  anything.. lol
>
> I was glad to see it here, but I get Novell announcements in my inbox at
>  work. I'm hoping some of Novell's behavior might rub off on SuSE. Iso
> images of complete Netware install disks have been downloadable for
> quite a long time. You do, of course, have to purchase a license
> eventually to keep it going or add more users, but the demo lasts 60
> days iirc.

It is hard for me to get excited about someone using the community. 
Basically SuSE wants to be a proprietary software company and acts like
one in many ways.  While they do contribute some back, they are not in my
opinion a strong community leader.  Therefore, it doesn't tickle me to see
them trying to take a dominant position.

If I remember correctly, SCO at one time was putting some money into Linux
and people were glad to see a legitimate "unix" vendor step up.  Well we
know how that turned out.  I guess my being from Missouri leaves me with
the "Show Me" philosphy.

Yeah they are part of Novell now, but frankly Novell has a poor track
record too.  Remember Caldera?  So until they show me that they are
serious I will dismiss them as another leech.

-Derek