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If it does become the distro of choice
it won't be because they are offering something the other distros are not, it will be because there will be the perception that they are offering something the others are not. All the other distros will benefit from the tangible gains that Novell will provide, just as Novell benefits from what all the others provide. But this perceived partnership will sway the uneducated.

Although of course in this case Novell will have an "invented here" advantage when it comes to the actual read/write capabilities to MS-XML, so they have that going for them as well. I don't think that in and of itself will make Novell the distro of choice, but it still is an advantage.
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Novell will soon be the distro of choice  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/04/06
If it does become the distro of choice  Michael Kelly | 12/04/06
Doesn't have to be  NonZealot | 12/04/06
Technically, OOo is LGPL  Michael Kelly | 12/04/06
Don't think so.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 12/04/06
Did you bother to click the project link?  Michael Kelly | 12/04/06
Why would anyone use ODF?  Anton Philidor | 12/04/06
ODF is a good format  Michael Kelly | 12/04/06
Microsoft strategy  Anton Philidor | 12/04/06
You ask why?  John Le'Brecage | 12/04/06
Catching up on the news.  Anton Philidor | 12/04/06
YOU should keep up with the news...  John Le'Brecage | 12/04/06
Read the whole article you linked.  Anton Philidor | 12/04/06
I read the whole article...  John Le'Brecage | 12/04/06
The issue was not ODF but Linux...  Anton Philidor | 12/04/06
The issue was ODF...  John Le'Brecage | 12/04/06
And while we're on the subject of news...  John Le'Brecage | 12/04/06
A familiar refrain.  Anton Philidor | 12/04/06
Won't work this time Anton...  John Le'Brecage | 12/04/06
Skullduggery  Anton Philidor | 12/04/06
Summing up Europe for Anton...  John Le'Brecage | 12/04/06
Usually ODF is Mandated by Contract  mighetto | 12/04/06
Sounds like...  John Le'Brecage | 12/04/06
New Model "Commercial Open Source Software  Aussie_Troll | 12/04/06
Torvalds and Tridgell  Aussie_Troll | 12/04/06
COSS  Aussie_Troll | 12/04/06
Curiosity Aussie Troll...  John Le'Brecage | 12/04/06
re: curiosity  Aussie_Troll | 12/05/06
Burned at the Stake  perryroyce@... | 12/04/06
Assuming I traced the threads correctly...  John Le'Brecage | 12/04/06
Novell to support Microsoft Office documents  Loverock Davidson | 12/04/06
Okey, you do realize that OO.org  swoopee | 12/04/06
That's beside the point  Michael Kelly | 12/04/06
I have no idea as to  swoopee | 12/04/06
Just a second professor  Loverock Davidson | 12/04/06
Yes I do  Loverock Davidson | 12/04/06
Do you also know that OO.org runs on Windows  swoopee | 12/04/06
Problem with supporting OpenXML  orlando@... | 12/05/06
Precident of reversing one's recorded statement  Boot_Agnostic | 12/06/06

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