Re: Novell buys Ximian

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Joe wrote :

> Novell's a changed company - they are quite keen on linux now, and the 
> next version of netware will be available as either linux-based, or 
> classic. I have been running edirectory on RH 9 and it is quite a nice 
> step up from openldap. Novell really seem to have taken linux to heart 
> lately. The three biggest linux supporters now seem to be IBM, Oracle 
> and Novell - who'd have thought that, 5 years ago?

There is a huge difference between supporting GNU/Linux products and
supporting free software... IMHO Red Hat and IBM are respectful towards and
contribute a lot to free software, but company like Oracle definitely
don't. As for Novell, I can't say, but I hope... time will tell.

Matthias

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