[TriLUG] Novell purchases SUSE

[al johnson]

Tanner,
     You might be interested in the report on Suse in the latest issue of 
Linux Format magazine.  Suze has actually scheduled several roll outs of 
their newest desktop distributions giving the month and day. They also 
announced several more projects to attempt to seize the Enterprise Desktop 
market.  I also don't believe that Novell will throw all of this away.  In a 
number of  European surveys of  Linux users as well as Linux Format Magazine 
Suse has been rated as the best  Linux desktop system you can have.  After 
reading the list of  new Linux applications, such as a DVD burner, which are 
included in the Suse distribution you've got to say that on the surface they 
look like a great distribution for desktop users.  I tried Suse once before 
but didn't like it, but I'm now very interested in getting their latest 
distribution to see if  what's on the inside of the box  is as impressive as 
the outside.
--- Al Johnson

P.S. Incidentally, has anyone found the DVD copy of the latest Linux Format 
magazine??  I went to Borders and  Barnes and Noble today and the only thing 
I could find was the CD version.  According to the magazine it does exist. 
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On Thursday 06 November 2003 11:37 pm, you wrote:
> Roberto J. Dohnert wrote:
> > Yeah but they paid alot of money fr ximian too and they're not going to
> > just throw away that expertise.  That would diminish the value of what
> > they bought, by that I mean Ximian
>
> So, like I said, there's is *no* *reason* for them not to support both,
> since favoring one over the other would diminish the value of their recent
> purchases.
>
> Cheers,
> Tanner