Re: Novell to acquire SuSE

In article <[email protected]>, Navindra Umanee wrote:
> 
> http://www.newsforge.com/business/03/11/04/1854241.shtml
> 
> Open source community reaction was a concern. Stone said, "So far, all
> the feedback I've gotten from our folks, through Nat and Miguel (of
> recent Novell acquisition Ximian) has been positive." Red Hat was
> mentioned again, with the reassurance that Novell (and by extension,
> Ximian) would continue to support Red Hat -- but now "SuSE will be our
> lead partner."
> 
> Nat Friedman, a co-founder of Ximian, is the man in charge of Novell's
> desktop strategy.

Wow, this does not bode well for KDE.  It does however seem to open up
a decent business opportunity for a new KDE based desktop distribution,
or a Ximian-like KDE repackager...

Steve


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