● 04.15.09

●● Quotes of the Day: LinuxToday Readers Explain Why They Avoid SUSE

Posted in Microsoft, Novell, OpenSUSE, SLES/SLED at 6:53 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

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In the words of one person:

The benefits of software freedom apply to businesses too. Businesses like mine. Which is why SLED, SLES, and OpenSuSE don’t have a place in my company. Why not OpenSuSE? Because it indirectly benefits Novell by growing the SuSE “ecosystem” and potentially attracting ISV interest.

In the words of another:

Many of us business IT Managers do not mind paying money for free software, but we are interested in the long term well being of the free software ecosystem. We want to see it prosper and thrive. Moves such as those by Novell, driven by short sighted, short term profits, at the possible expense of a poisoned free software well, do not merit our support.

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