[olug] Novell Plans to Open SuSE Linux Pro to Community

[A-Wal]

Scott Jones wrote:

>On Wednesday 03 August 2005 07:53, Craig Wolf wrote:
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>>Novell is opening SuSE Linux to community-based development, sources
>>say, with a model similar to Red Hat's recent move with Fedora.
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>>hmm...What does this mean for us.  This is making me nervous since I
>>was not fond of the way Red Hat did their thing...
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>>http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1843097,00.asp
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>So far, this is just "according to sources close to the company".  For all we 
>know, this means they interviewed Ray Noorda at the nursing home.  All the 
>SuSE employees I've spoken to haven't said anything more than that there will 
>be actual details, FAQs, etc. (as opposed to speculation) released next week.
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I personally feel that open source development is an extremely valuable 
resource.  You can still have your proprietary company software that 
makes you unique, but allowing a few hundred million people to review 
your code and suggest improvements is one hell of a development cycle!  
I feel that open source is the only reason Linux is able to overshadow 
Windows like it does.  No matter how many billions of dollars Microsoft 
has, it can't compare to a global effort.  Granted, we still need to get 
companies to start developing on Linux like they do on Windows, but I 
foresee a shift happening within the next five years toward a more Linux 
driven economy.