what does FUD stand for? Michael Goguen On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:27 PM, Paul B. <red [ dot ] line [ at ] rogers [ dot ] com> wrote: > Another corporate acquisition that "Bodes Ill for Linux". It didn't take > long for the OOo crew (not Linux) to jump ship when Oracle got involved; > the result was a fork, and I hope that the fork shows stability soon. Re > branding alone will likely set that project back a year. Think of the > documentation updates alone! THAT was likely as much FUD as anything. > Did a big proprietary OS vendor have influence in any of that? We'll > likely never know. > > MySQL is likely the next casualty under the Oracle brand. It's already > forked, and I hope it does again if only to give the forked db a better > name (I don't like my database's name when it sounds like a BBQ sauce). > > A better title: Microsoft ... Bodes Ill for OpenSUSE. Linux isn't going > anywhere except everywhere. Before even installing a single distro on my > own, I knew I had three appliances running it. When I installed my > first distro, association with Novell was enough to keep me away from > OpenSUSE, and now I'm happy about that decision. Who knows, maybe MS > will follow the Red Hat lead and offer enterprise support for the > OpenSUSE product. Does that sound insane? I don't think it is. If MS > really wanted to bode ill for Linux, that's exactly what they'd do. > > That's all crystal ball stuff, though. Mine is REALLY cloudy. I'm not > a big fan of PC Mag, either. > > If this sort of stuff strikes FUD, one can always migrate off of OpenSUSE. > And keep good configuration notes and backups. But we're doing that > already, right? > > :o) > > On 22/11/2010 11:46 PM, Lisa L wrote: > > Has anyone heard about this? FUD, perhaps, to an extent anyway, but > > something to be aware of too. > > > > > http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/211414/microsofts_hand_in_novell_deal_bodes_ill_for_linux.html > > > > Lisa > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >