Invisible wrote:
> nemesis wrote:
>> Suse is now pretty much a property of M$.
> 
> I'm not entirely sure that statement is actually correct.
> 
> M$ doesn't *own* Novell. They merely agreed in principle to cooperate in 
> their design strategies. That's all. SuSE is still powered by OSS and so 
> on and so forth.

It's crippled with M$ tech and IP, like mono and all tools which more 
and more depend on it.  That's what Ballmer meant by Linux using M$ IP.

> How do you even pronounce that? [Not that it matters I guess...]

there's an ogg video of Nelson Mandela -- as if you would know who is he 
-- in the Examples directory.  He speaks about the ancient Ubuntu 
african concept...

(Ooboontoo, emphasis on middle syllable, t pronounced kinda like in 
"bottle")

>> the DVD thing, I don't have a DVD drive to test it out, but I think 
>> all you need is some deCSS implementation and mplayer.  Or perhaps 
>> just mplayer...
> 
> Isn't DeCSS illegal?

is it legal to make backup copies of stuff you buy?  Is it legal to get 
rid of stupid mechanisms that don't play well with OSes that don't act 
according to the RIAA and others best interests?

You can make up your own mind or just follow their rules...

> Anyway, I'll have to check out the SuSE FAQ sometime. I'm *sure* it must 
> be in there somewhere...

sure, it's full of M$ IP, why not some RIAA licenses as well...

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