Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. On 23 November 2010 19:32, Michael Goguen <michael [ dot ] goguen [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote: > 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux > -- "My country is the world, and my religion is to do good." -- Thomas Paine