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LOL, not so free anymore is it, the free stuff is gonna be so hard to use,
If you read the article you would have noticed the line where it says that maybe novel purchased ximian and suse so the have non ms clients(desktops) for there server software. There's one good reason to continue providing the consumer suse. If people can work with the same desktop at home as they do on their jobs they'll accept the change over all the faster. Novell has all the reasons it needs to continue supporting the consumer product.

"the free stuff is gonna be so hard to use"

I have no trouble in switching from widondows 2000 to suse on my machine. In fact there isn't all that much difference in the user interface. Most people do some word processing, emailing and browsing. There are excelent pieces of free software on linux for that. So if it takes of in the buisiness sector you will see more people using it at home as well. One big pro for suse in my opnion is that it has never freeze on me. No blue screens of death. No need to restart my pc just because I have installed anopther piece of software. So I'm using Suse and i think I will be able to do that for a long time comming.
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Not a problem  Mace Moneta | 11/04/03
actually  doh123 | 11/05/03
except  lmaxwell | 11/05/03
Re: except  Chris Moller | 11/05/03
So.. (these new talkbacks suck)  Patrick Jones | 11/05/03
yes but...and yes talkback does  lmaxwell | 11/05/03
having to login bites  Patrick Jones | 11/05/03
please autofill this field  none none | 11/05/03
Whose fools?  plandy@... | 11/05/03
No biggie  FreeBSD | 11/05/03
No Money In Consumer Linux  andyhayes1 | 11/04/03
Well, we'll see, won't we?  dw@... | 11/05/03
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and what "free" linux do you use  lmaxwell | 11/05/03
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I has been using Mandrake Linux for 2 Years now  EdgarSoft | 11/05/03
MCSE  Chris Moller | 11/05/03
MCSE  voska | 11/05/03
That is not totally right....  EdgarSoft | 11/05/03
I work in the 3 platforms....  EdgarSoft | 11/05/03
UNTIL....  AbsolutelyNot | 11/05/03
That is the problem of live in the Real World...  EdgarSoft | 11/05/03
Well... (these new talkbacks suck)  Patrick Jones | 11/05/03
Slackware  dscherf | 11/05/03
LOL, not so free anymore is it, the free stuff is gonna be so hard to use,  NemesisNL | 11/05/03
and what "free" linux do you use  DStrick64 | 12/01/03
Mr. Robert Lemos  FirstNLastN | 11/04/03
The End of an Era sad  znmeb | 11/04/03
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Was Consumer Linux ever a reality...  John Zern | 11/04/03
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Let me count the ways  Mack DaNife | 11/05/03
But you forget...  John Zern | 11/05/03
Give me some of what you've been smoking !  GLMarx | 11/05/03
Don't get so upset Windows ain't leaving  Squawkbox | 11/05/03
Slow down: I agree with what you said  John Zern | 11/05/03
Linux-Novell  btrautman | 11/04/03
a sense of foreboding  jonbob | 11/05/03
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And HTML still is broken  none none | 11/05/03
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Hmm...  kenoshi | 11/06/03
Corporate Unix  numbers987654321 | 11/04/03
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yeah right  lmaxwell | 11/05/03
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On The Desktop  wallyweb@... | 11/05/03
No problem  FilledOut | 11/05/03
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Huh...  Patrick Jones | 11/05/03
Here is the web site to count the free distros  Squawkbox | 11/05/03
the final phase to fight M$  screaming silence | 11/05/03
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Moron  JoeMama_z | 11/05/03
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More FUD  NoB$ | 11/05/03
corrections  JoeMama_z | 11/05/03
please autofill this field  none none | 11/05/03
Just a question  voska | 11/05/03
Or ...  Kyfho | 11/05/03
Or ...  none none | 11/05/03
Just my perception, I may be wrong  FreeBSD | 11/05/03
My view  voska | 11/05/03
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