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● 10.15.11

●● OpenSUSE Misuses or Overuses the Word Open

Posted in Microsoft, Novell, OpenSUSE at 2:42 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

An open trap

Summary: How OpenSUSE openwashes SUSE’s identity even when there is nothing open in this Microsoft-taxed GNU/Linux distribution

AS WE POINTED out the other day, SUSE keeps putting “open” in front of everything even though it’s merely the openwashing of Microsoft tax on GNU/Linux. This needs to be pointed out more often. Earlier today we spotted SUSE employees cursing (very rudely in response to this) and abusing SUSE sceptics, so we must be on the right subject.

=> the other day | this

“Replace that with “Microsoft” if it helps. MicrosoftQA, MicrosoftSUSE, Microsoft Build Service, etc.”First they used “openQA” to get free labour (they still promote this scheme) even though we know that they only give the illusion that it is community controlled. It is being called “Open” even though SUSE makes many decisions (like the Microsoft deal) without consulting the community for a second. To keep up appearance they hold some elections, they call everything “Open”, and then there is OBS, the Open Build spinola. The bottom line is, the word “open” is easily misleading here. Replace that with “Microsoft” if it helps. MicrosoftQA, MicrosoftSUSE, Microsoft Build Service, etc. SUSE is sponsored by Microsoft and it is hardly run by a community. All that openwashing is laughable at best. The person who advertises this whole “open” PR is an Attachmate employee, so he is not “community” or “open”, either. █

=> to get free labour | ↺ still promote this scheme | ↺ hold some elections

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