OpenSUSE 11.3 has Banshee and the Novell/Microsoft patent deal does not extend to OpenSUSE, so there is a potential problem ahead

Three years on from Microsoft's deal with Novell, the real importance is coming through, says Novell's OpenSUSE community manager, Joe Brockmeier

OpenSUSE continues to suffer from the relationship with Novell (and Microsoft, by association).

OpenSUSE community manager Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier has been caught out spreading misinformation about the patent deal that Microsoft signed with his employer, Novell, a little over three years ago.

Novell will be merging 3 forum sites (suseforums.net, suselinuxsupport.de and the openSUSE support forums at forums.novell.com) to a new official openSUSE Forums at forums.opensuse.org. This will give openSUSE users a one-stop shop for their problems and ideas.

Novell is acting as though it is Microsoft's committer in circles where Microsoft is rightly distrusted and OpenSUSE still ought to escape

I've been thinking about something for a few days now. It's about the latest Novell-Microsoft deal that was announced on August 20, where Microsoft agreed to buy another $100 million worth of vouchers from Novell. I was wondering: how come two public companies can make a deal that seems to me to be material and yet keep pieces of the deal secret?

An eye-catching quote from Ted Haeger (OpenSUSE evangelist)

As part of a Novell Open Audio series on openSUSE, they will be interviewing various openSUSE developers to find out more about the project, particular involvements and new technologies in the distribution. Today’s interview features a talk with Martin Lasarsch, an openSUSE evangelist.