aka "Novell, SCO and what all the others are doing
to the opensource movement to gain their own monetary advantage
and demotivating the passionate crowd"
(draft)
Daniele Muscetta daniele <at> muscetta.com
Feb, 16th 2004
These days Palladium is being implemented also in open source.
Just not to remain out of the game, just in case...
At the same time, Redhat, IBM, and Novell are even ready to pay
customers to get SCO out of game BUT having first taken SHARED
possession of linux, to be able to resell it to be used in the
same DRM stuff that microsoft would do;
Microsoft opens a bit more too: it now lets you integrate the
two worlds (windows & unix) under the motto thath "when
you can't defeat hem, ally with them" - indeed interix, Microsoft
SFU is powerful.
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Review of m$ SFU3.5
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5751
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That is it. Opensource software as a commercial phaenomenon has
arrived.
But opensource as freedom in speech has failed.
Stallman has already called for freedom but no one answered.
http://www.newsforge.com/software/04/01/05/1146229.shtml
Stallman - The Free Software Community After 20 Years: With great
but incomplete success, what now?
IBM and redhat against SCO and Microsoft is nothing new.
But someone else in the meanwhile jumped on board.
When i submitted my first articles about Novell:
http://home.wanadoo.nl/muscetta/Novell_review.htm
http://www.zone-h.org/en/news/read/id%3D3531/
to some bigger editors, they ignored me for I was not being interesting
enough...
Well, it looks like last year I had seen correctly that a great
deal of things was moving in that company....
like now we are in fact seeing commented daily by major news sources:
(just SOME links, you'll have seen many more already, by the time
this article is finished)
http://punto-informatico.it/p.asp?i=46620
Novell denunciata da SCO
http://news.com.com/2100-7344_3-5144535.html?tag=nefd_top
Novell advocates open source
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/35004.html
SCO sues Novell
http://punto-informatico.it/p.asp?i=46554
SCO esporta le licenze per Linux
"L'azienda ora promuove ufficialmente le proprie licenze
Linux anche fuori dagli USA. Mosse che potrebbero preludere a
nuove querele contro gli utenti Linux, europei compresi."
(Transl.: "the company now promotes its own linux licenses
also outide the US. This move could be an early warning for new
users of linux being sued, also in Europe."
http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0,10801,88732,00.html?f=x1410
Novell, SCO Fight Over Ownership of Unix Code
http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0,10801,89043,00.html?from=imutopicheads
SCO shows disputed code to IBM
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34944.html
SCO surrenders claims to System V ?
http://www.alwayson-network.com/comments.php?id=2066_0_1_0_C
Novell and open source
Why did I mention also links about the SCO issue ? Because Novell
has not only started very quietly to embrace open source when
it was not being watched.
By now, it can even dare to say that even if there is unix code
in linux, they still have the rights to it!
It does not surprise use how IBM and Redhat are letting it through.
And now novell also IS one of the major 'pure-linux' players.
It has Suse, and Ximian. Suse is a major distribution, especially
in north europe, and strongly supports KDE, and ximian is behind
gnome, and mono, other than redcarpet, which novell plans to use
as software management platform.
A unified desktop, manageable just like windows is managed now
by sysem administrators, with novell classic offer of directory
services also available on it.
Suse server also pushes his way.
http://punto-informatico.it/p.asp?i=46622
SuSE Linux diplomato in sicurezza
Even though nothing has changed in Suse, this effort - IMHO -
wouldn't have been possible without Novell backing it up.
At least economically, I mean.
But these plans are now unfolded and publicy released:
http://sdtimes.com/news/096/story1.htm
*
Novell Stakes Its Claim at LinuxWorld
*Declares itself Linux leader, CEO vows not to mess up on open
source
By Edward J. Correria <mailto:ecorreria@bzmedia.com>
February 15, 2004 * NEW YORK - Novell Inc. and adopted prodigy
SUSE Linux struck a one-two punch at the LinuxWorld Conference
and Expo here in late January with declarations by top executives
that Novell will be a major player in the Linux world and is committed
to responsibly shepherding the operating system and Novells other
open-source projects.
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http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/linux/story/0,10801,89764,00.html?f=x1410
Novell promotes two executives, including Suse's CEO
[...]
"Novell is very fortunate to have two strong leaders to guide
Novell's growth in EMEA as we transition Novell into the Linux
market," Messman said.
In August, Novell unveiled its plans to buy Linux desktop vendor
Ximian Inc., which was followed by plans in November to buy SUSE.
Since then, the company has been pursuing a strategy of re-creating
itself as a major IT player using Linux throughout its product
lines.
[...]
And they also think of training for it, to penetrate companies:
---(from lockergnome)
Novell offers new certifications for Linux services
"Less than a month after acquiring SuSE AG, Novell Inc. has
rolled out two professional certification courses for the Linux
user — the Certified Linux Engineer (CLE) and the
SuSE Linux Certified Professional (SLCP) programs.
The CLE course is designed to teach users to be experts on Novell's
Nterprise Linux Services — an offering that allows
users to manage their Linux network infrastructure. These tools
were previously only available on Novell's NetWare platform. Its
components include: personal file management; directory services;
print services; Internet messaging and calendaring; system management
and Web experience. It supports both SuSE and Red Hat Inc.'s Linux
distributions.
Michele Allen, manager of training services at Novell Canada in
Markham, Ont., said the CLE is a five-day, hands-on course where
students learn how to install, configure and troubleshoot Novell's
Nterprise Linux Services. The classes are led by instructors —
students receive a textbook, view presentations and participate
in lab exercises."
http://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/2004/02/pr04013.html
http://www.novell.com/training/certinfo/cle/index.html
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Something has to happen, still.
Those who were pushing freedom for software are being won again
by money.
Shall free software still exist for its own sake ?