>>> On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 10:46 PM, in message
<449B55F4.9000703@cox.net>,
michael hast <evylrobot19@cox.net> wrote:
> John Pugh wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 11:25 AM, in message
>>>>>
>> <1a3a3e310606220825q6ad8b8e0w7b6f3787a5061dda@mail.gmail.com>,
"Levi
>> Bard"
>> <taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>> Any word on how this is going to affect Novell's involvement
with
>>>>>
>>>> Free
>>>>
>>>>> Software?
>>>>>
>>>> As the stock price shows and the analyst's reaction shows, it's
all
>>>> good news.
>>>>
>>> Well, congratulations to your shareholders, but that doesn't
really
>>> answer my question.
>>>
>> Then you need to clarify your question.
>> Novell's role in the Free Software Foundation is not changing.
>> Novell's role in fostering open standards and open source software
>> continues to strengthen and these changes will continue to put
positive
>> pressure on our involvement in this space. Novell continues to be a
>> significant contributor to all facets of open source software.
Novell
>> has contributed significantly to many projects and will continue
>> investing in these and other projects in the future.
>>
>> Does that answer your question? If not, be more specific on your
>> question. Vague questions get vague responses.
>>
> It wasn't so vague. "How long is a string?" Now THAT'S vague!
"Which
> direction to town?" "How many people can fit in a room?"
> I thought that "Any word on how this is going to affect Novell's
> involvement with Free Software" was pretty specific.
It must have been vague since my first response didn't satisfy the
question. Ron conceived the current strategy which hinges on our
involvement in the open source space. My bad for assuming that was
already known. What's obvious to me wasn't obvious to Levi.
JP
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