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Linux Journal: A Five Year Deal with Microsoft to Dump Novell/SUSE

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 10, 2006

“Wake up little SUSE, Wake up. No, that’s not good enough. Wake
up SUSE customers, wake up. Novell is jeopardizing the future of
Linux for its own short-term rewards. If you want to see Linux
flourish, let alone survive after Novell’s five year deal with
Microsoft expires, I suggest we make an alternative five year deal
with Microsoft. In this case, our part of the deal is to spend the
next five minutes, months, or years migrating away from every shred
of Novell/SUSE software in our home, office, or enterprise.

“The controversial agreement between Microsoft and Novell stinks
to high heaven. Look, for example, at the contradictory
statements…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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