Microsoft backs Novell's Linux platform

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:37 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/11/03/micr ... index.html

Microsoft Corp. has embraced Novell Inc.'s open-source software platform, forming a technological truce between two longtime antagonists who want to make it easier for the still-dominant Windows operating system and the increasingly popular Linux system to work together.

ClakarEQ · Post by **ClakarEQ** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:56 pm

350million at that. Would be an interesting site to see MS release a quasi-open source product

leah · Post by **leah** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:44 pm

we carried this story in one of our pubs this week. i was like "hmmm, interesting" and then remembered that i don't understand linux at all. i wish i was better at computers!

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:48 pm

leah wrote:we carried this story in one of our pubs this week. i was like "hmmm, interesting" and then remembered that i don't understand linux at all. i wish i was better at computers!

the whole goal of linux is to simply make things as difficult as possible for yourself, but give you that sense of superiority over people who just want stuff to work

leah · Post by **leah** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:50 pm

hehehe sometimes i get that impression. :P

Bodin · Post by **Bodin** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:12 pm

the whole goal of linux is to simply make things as difficult as possible for yourself, but give you that sense of superiority over people who just want stuff to work

Haha

<---Accounting server is SCO Unix. :\

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:45 pm

I've got my SUN unix certification

they're kind of the kings of refusing to ever implement any kind of useful gui

command line for lyfe omg