There is an old maxim in American business: If you can't beat'em, buy'em. M$ can't buy Linux, it knows that there is only so much that it can do with Windows before it morphs into a _nix, so they are getting positioned to "partner" big time and drive that morph to their money-in-the-pocket advantage instead of letting random market forces drive it away. Sounds like smart business to me. If their stock wasn't so expensive and the market wasn't at the top I might buy some.
Actually, about the "morphing" comment: What I got from that article was that the collaboration was to make the two OSes better able to interact with each other. Maybe that means that, over time, both OSes will do some changing. Or maybe I should say that the GUI apps (KDE, Gnome, whatever) will change to meet the mission. Whatever, with the big three at work, I would bet that it will happen and in such a way as for everyone involved (Suse, M$ and Dell) to make a buck or two. Fred -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
