[BadVista Advocate] Novell and Microsoft

Mon Jun 4 11:22:02 EDT 2007

As Alex said in his mail, maybe some one can make this virtual desktop thing
work on Debian or some othe FREE Operating System. That would definitely be
a huge advantage for Linux.
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On 6/4/07, Jacob Maynard <indymaynard at maynard.homelinux.com> wrote:
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> I agree with this option. If you have a fully functional virtual desktop
> when Microsoft can't even get it right, that gives free software a huge
> leg up on the situation. It's easier for corporations to want to switch
> with useful applications like this. And if corporations switch, home users
> will want to switch. It's all about familiarity.
>
> Jacob
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> > why not give that code elsewhere? give another distro the leg up on
> > suse. Wait for GPLv3 of course.
> >
> > member greenarrow1 wrote:
> >> Everyone might find this interesting as I sent this to Factory and
> >> Development Lists
> >> for OpenSUSE.
> >>
> >> After reading today about Novell just giving Microsoft advanced data
> >> on virtualization that us developers create without the possibility of
> >> other SUSE developers seeing it beforehand has turned me entirely
> >> against Novell, and SUSE.  What Open Source stands for and my belief
> >> in freedom for software is why I was further developing the virtual
> >> desktop  With the new kernel version which support virtual desktops
> >> and my working with it I have just completely deleted all I have done
> >> which was pointed towards SUSE because I do not want work I do to fall
> >> into the hands of Microsoft and being patented under their operating
> >> system.
> >>
> >> The reason why Microsoft pulled their virtual desktop is because they
> >> cannot get it to work and now I really believe that is one of their
> >> main reasons to team up with Novell to steal our ideas and place it
> >> within proprietary code.  I will not do work that is going to benefit
> >> any company that restricts what one can do on their computer.
> >>
> >> I am sorry to say this as I have been with SUSE from 8.1 and watched
> >> it develop to what it is today but will not stand by and watch a
> >> monopolistic company like Microsoft ruin us or take over SUSE with
> >> Novell's help.  And, please do not flame me as I was once a developer
> >> for Microsoft so I do know their inner workings.
> >>
> >> George
> >> greenarrow1
> >> InNetInvestigations-Forensic
> >> SuSe 10.2/TriStar/Apache
> >> GoBoLinux
> >>
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