[ale] RHEL 5 is out

[Scott Castaline]

Geoffrey wrote:
> Greg Freemyer wrote:
>   
>> On 3/15/07, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 10:47 -0400, Jeff Lightner wrote:
>>>       
>>>> For commercial stuff I'll stick with RH over Suse since at least they
>>>> haven't sold out to M$.
>>>>         
>>> :-) I've sworn to never go with either of them personally.
>>>
>>> -Jim P.
>>>       
>> Stirring the pot, but what do you guys think about the below part of
>> the latest Novell / MS roadmap.
>>
>> Copied from page 5/6 of http://www.moreinterop.com/tca-roadmap.pdf
>>
>> Personally I like it a lot and it would not have come about without
>> the Novell/MS contract.
>>     
>
> This says it all for me (page 10):
>
> 'The information contained in this document represents the current view 
> of Microsoft Corporation on the issues discussed as of the date of the 
> publication.  Because Microsoft must respond to changing market 
> conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part 
> of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any 
> information presented after the date of publication.
>
> This White Paper is for information purposes only. MICROSOFT MAKES NO 
> WARRANTIES, EXPRESS IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS 
> DOCUMENT.'
>
> Typical Microsoft.  They are only in it for themselves.  Do not for one 
> minute assume that they want to make things work better for Novell, 
> Linux or their own customers.
>
> I have been a committed SuSE user since 6.4.  I will not purchase 
> another SuSE release, nor install their Open SuSE.  As I noted, my SUSE 
> license plate will be replaced this year.  Call it a birthday gift to 
> myself.  My current SuSE installations will be replaced with either 
> Fedora Core or Mandriva.
>
> Until such time as I see Microsoft make an honest effort in doing 
> business in an honorable way, I'll not trust them.  Microsoft is a 
> marketing company, they are not a software company.
>
>   
Couldn't have said it better myself. As far as trust goes, I trust them 
as far as I can through a PDP-11. In my current condition, I can't even 
lift one, never mind throw it. Well actually I never could,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,