● 09.07.11
●● Boycott Novell and Attachmate
Posted in Microsoft, Mono, Novell, OpenSUSE, SLES/SLED at 4:43 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Small update on Novell, Attachmate, SUSE, and Xamarin
OUR “Boycott Novell” initiative was a true success and right now we are starting to track quite closely the actions of Attachmate, which officially bought Novell a few months ago. Amid the sale there was separation that put SUSE aside, later to become Microsoft sponsored. It also put Xamarin, which keeps pushing Microsoft development tools aside entirely. Attachmate later gave its blessings to Xamarin (along with so-called ‘IP’), but it still owns the “OpenSUSE” trademark and Microsoft has not promised not to sue Xamarin clients or Xamarin itself. The whole thing is a tad dodgy and Attachmate also owns UNIX, which can complicate things further. Here is a new report about Attachmate trying to approach Novell partners in Sydney. From SUSE we have a not-so-imminent release and a pizza party (Microsoft’a pizza? They help fund SUSE) preceding the conference.
↺ pushing Microsoft development tools
has not promised not to sue Xamarin clients or Xamarin itself
↺ new report about Attachmate trying to approach Novell partners in Sydney
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Our position on the subject is still the same. Novell, Attachmate, SUSE and Xamarin are still more like tentacles of Microsoft. They ought to be avoided. █
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