[NTLUG:Discuss] M$ to sell Suse

[Chris Cox]

Robert Pearson wrote:
> On 11/3/06, Spicerun <spicerun at verizon.net> wrote:
>> Chris Cox wrote:
>>> this could be a very good thing.
>> For those of you who run Suse.  For the rest of us who run other
>> distros, time will tell I guess.
> 
> IMHO it is a good thing for all Linux when people like Oracle and
> Microsoft target leading Linux providers. It gives public
> acknowledgment to them as a legitimate business worth competing with
> or acquiring.
> 
> If Red Hat and SUSE get swallowed by this competition would this be
> good or bad for the remaining Linux's?
> 
> How about hybrids like Nexenta and SchilliX which are based on the
> OpenSolaris kernel? Nexenta has shot to 23 from 306 on DistroWatch.
> SchilliX may be OpenSolaris "Lite" rather than Linux but DistroWatch tracks it.

Shouldn't affect OpenSolaris.. since it's not really open.  Microsoft
fully supports what Sun is doing.  They have similar agendas.