[ale] RHEL 5 is out

[Geoffrey]

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.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
  - Benjamin Franklin