[Mono-list] Novell, SuSE, Mono.

Giuseppe Greco giuseppe.greco@agamura.com
Sun, 09 Nov 2003 17:37:47 +0100


On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 08:28, Rainer Queck wrote:
> 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.

Ok, we'll try.

Gius_.

> 
> 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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