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● 03.02.08

●● Flashback: “Novell Have Sold Linux’s Future Down The River”

Posted in BSD, Deals, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Novell at 3:53 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

While trying to locate some old articles in my archives I accidentally came across this old USENET post, which is probably quote-worthy. Mind the date. It was posted a day after the Novell/Microsoft was announced.

Message-ID: eifq36$e1h$1@web.aioe.org From: RINGO ringo.lefrak@geemail.com Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,microsoft.public,alt.os.linux.suse Subject: Novell Sells Linux Down The River To Microsoft. I’m moving to FreeBSD. Screw Linux. Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:17:54 -0500 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.1600.60 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.1600.60

Looks like the SOB’s at Novell have sold Linux’s future down the river. Get ready for the greedy executives to pump and dump the stock as Microsoft absorbs Novell and then destroys it. It looks like Linux is doomed.

It’s quite radical, I do not agree with it, but it was worth quoting nonetheless. Here is another one from USENET. People knew from the very start that this deal was no good. █

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