OUR "Boycott Novell" initiative was a true success and right now we are starting to track quite closely the actions of Attachmate, which officially bought Novell a few months ago. Amid the sale there was separation that put SUSE aside, later to become Microsoft sponsored. It also put Xamarin, which keeps pushing Microsoft development tools aside entirely. Attachmate later gave its blessings to Xamarin (along with so-called 'IP'), but it still owns the "OpenSUSE" trademark and Microsoft has not promised not to sue Xamarin clients or Xamarin itself. The whole thing is a tad dodgy and Attachmate also owns UNIX, which can complicate things further. Here is a new report about Attachmate trying to approach Novell partners in Sydney. From SUSE we have a not-so-imminent release and a pizza party (Microsoft'a pizza? They help fund SUSE) preceding the conference.
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Comments
Michael
2011-09-08 00:08:00
NotZed
2011-09-08 05:46:32
That's hardly supporting it.
Michael
2011-09-08 05:48:06
How inconsiderate of them. I emailed them today asking them to check with him before they many any other big deals or changes. I will let you know if I get a reply. :)
NotZed
2011-09-08 06:06:50
What about all the other people who also share this opinion?
Michael
2011-09-08 06:18:44
NotZed
2011-09-08 06:29:49
Good, keep it up.