02.25.08
Zonker Responds to Matt Asay After Novell Swing
Matt Asay got it arm sort of twisted (again) for criticism of Novell.
Zonker stroke back after Matt Asay had been swinging.
It’s interesting that, given the scope and potential implications of Microsoft’s announcement, Matt’s first response is to go after Novell again. He does backtrack a bit after he notices that the pledge is only for non-commercial entities, but says nothing of the anti-Novell shot he took before fully digesting the details of the Microsoft announcement.
Speaking of “digesting the details of the Microsoft announcement,” as we wrote half an hour ago, it seems likely that Asay got used, exploited by Microsoft. He was not alone. █
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Matt Asay said,
February 26, 2008 at 10:05 am
Interesting that Joe and other Novellites continue to believe I care about them. I don’t. My post on Novell came after I’d exhausted everything useful to say. His post misses the mark and completely misses the point: Novell’s capitulation to Microsoft was wrong and, ultimately, unnecessary. No, Microsoft hasn’t backed off its claims, but the more Novell tries to rely on the benefits of letting everyone else get sued while it stands unprotected, it demonstrates its lack of commitment to the open-source community.
Roy Schestowitz said,
February 26, 2008 at 10:24 am
Dave’s latest article is another demonstration of this lack of commitment. Good luck to Novell with SAP… and Mono… and Silverlight and whatnot.
I was actually sad to see Zonker joining Novell. He’s a brilliant writer (one of my favourite) and Novell (OpenSUSE aside for the matter) finds shelter in its proprietary roots and legacy. They could use someone who ‘gets’ open source at the management/board level, not one that exploits it (Ellison comes to mind).