[Mono-list] Novell, SuSE, Mono.

[Rob.Tillie@Student.tUL.EDU]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Giuseppe Greco [mailto:giuseppe.greco@agamura.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 9:13 PM
> To: Pavlica, Nick
> Cc: Miguel de Icaza; Mono
> Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Novell, SuSE, Mono.
> 
> On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 19:55, Pavlica, Nick wrote:
> > That is wonderful news!  I look forward to seeing what the results are.
> > It may give me a reason to look at something other than RH/Fedora :)
> 
> Yes, I agree, but we will look at SuSE Linux if and only if they
> will switch from KDE to GNOME... and if I've well understood, they will.
> 
> Far away, what's the new SuSE strategy? Will they focus more on GNOME
> and include KDE just as an alternative (like RH)?

Or maybe rebuild gnome in an Avalon like approach using Mono... :)
I would certainly love to see one good Novell Linux desktop distro...
including a Mono distro...

Greetz,
-- Rob.

> What does "Novell/SuSE will continue to distribute KDE and Gnome." mean?
> Which of the two platforms will be the standard/default one?
> 
> Gius_.
> 
> >
> > Thanks again to everyone contributing to the Open Source community!!
> >
> > Nick Pavlica
> >
> > On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 21:36, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> > > Hey guys,
> > >
> > >     I know that there has been a lot of speculation over Novell, SuSE,
> > > Gnome, KDE and Mono with today's announcement.
> > >
> > >     We can say that once the acquisition is completed that:
> > >
> > > 	* Novell/SuSE will continue to distribute KDE and Gnome.
> > >
> > > 	* Novell/SuSE will include Ximian Desktop build,
> > > 	  as it is a more fine tuned desktop than the default Gnome
> > > 	  build they ship.
> > >
> > > 	* Novell is commited to build an stable ISV platform (you can
> > > 	  read my blog for some thoughts on this).
> > >
> > > 	* Gtk+, the Gnome platform and Mono use the right licensing
> > > 	  terms for creating an ISV platform.
> > >
> > > 	* We will continue to work on open source projects, and work
> > > 	  in the best way to offer a complete Linux stack.
> > >
> > >     And lastly, just remember that Nat and myself are in charge of
> > > Novell's Linux Desktop Strategy, so we will do the right thing ;-)
> > >
> > > Love,
> > > Miguel.
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