Suse Linux and MS: My Thoughts

If you haven't heard Suse Linux has formed a partnership with Microsoft. On the surface this agreement's purpose is to improve cross compatibility between the two operating systems.  MS and Oracle have accepted Linux as a major player in the IT world. So MS is going to try to control it. How? software patents.

This announcement has made it abundantly clear that any Linux distro that starts making money and taking market share will be subject to MS's patent suits. MS will not sue non-profits or individual programmers -- just people who have dared to use Linux to make money. 

That's where Novell comes in. MS is trying to control the Linux market with the threat of patent lawsuits. To avoid monopoly and anti-trust suits they also need to allow some breed of Linux to exist -- enter Novell.

How can I put this? Pimp daddy MS want you to git wit his new girl Novell?

Eh, I'm just too white and nerdy.

I'll be sticking with the free alternatives. And anyone who tries to slap their proprietary hands on my computer will be quickly removed from my hard drive.