After takin' a swig o' grog, Ian Hilliard belched out this bit o' wisdom:
> Novell's close association with Microsoft has made it much easier to
> convince PHB's to use Linux, where the technology is an advantage to the
> project. Before the Novell/Microsoft agreement that task was very much more
> difficult.
>
> Like it or not, Novell's agreement with Microsoft is an aid to the long term
> success of Linux.
Of the Microsoftized form of Linux, you mean. You know, the stuff that
supports usage of some hitherto difficult-to-emulate Microsoft
technology, but probably not including additional Windows apps over what
Wine does.
The purpose of GNU/Linux is to detach the strings, not re-attach them.
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Tux rox!
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