Comments on: The Purpose of BoycottNovell.com

By: Kevin Dupuy

Kevin Dupuy — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:33:59 +0000

Rob: I don’t get it.
“t is frustrating nonetheless because for each such individual serving a monopoly”
Who is the monopoly? Microsoft is a monopoly. Novell is not Microsoft. Is that seriously hard to understand?

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:24:07 +0000

@Ian: yes, i agree with you and I understand, but it is frustrating nonetheless because for each such individual serving a monopoly, there is another that suffers. In other words, many parties may gradually liaise with ‘the other side’ for a pittance just in order to hurt everybody else. Strong principles are what enables one to escape a cycle of abuse rather than become part of it.

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:18:01 +0000

“If only OpenSUSE took PJ’s analysis seriously and stepped away from Novell’s management as well…”

You have to keep in mind that many of those people are paid employees, paid to do something they like. Many also probably have families they need to provide for. Some things are more important than trying to walk the software morality tightrope. Is that wrong for them to do that? Well clearly, and I think you would agree, it’s a matter of opinion.

Why should they take PJ’s analysis seriously?

By: Darth Chaos

Darth Chaos — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:05:29 +0000

Roy, you have been the unfortunate victim of the infamous Digg Bury Brigade.

BTW, didn’t Digg make some advertising agreement with Microsoft? If so, then Digg is just one of the many sell-outs. I remember when Digg’s Kevin Rose was on G4/Tech TV talking about Linux and “dark tips” (his way of saying “hacking tips”). But since then, Rose has become yet another corporate ass-kisser.