[Mono-list] Novell, SuSE, Mono.

[Rainer Queck]

Hello Giuseppe,

> 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.
I do not really understand your concerns. KDE or GNOME is just a select out
of a combobox on X-Login
with SuSE.

Rainer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Giuseppe Greco" <giuseppe.greco@agamura.com>
To: "Pavlica, Nick" <Nick.Pavlica@echostar.com>
Cc: "Miguel de Icaza" <miguel@ximian.com>; "Mono" <mono-list@ximian.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 9:12 PM
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)?
>
> 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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