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SuSE lays off 3/4 of its US staff

SuSE's US operation today laid off roughly three-fourths of its staff,
paring the unit down to a skeleton crew of 12.

(...)

Wiegand basically said that Linux as a business isn't working out,
calling it a victim of hype and irrational expectations. Customers
have effectively been duped into believing that they would be getting
something for nothing when, in fact, they would just be paying for it
differently. 

Wiegand compared Linux to a "fallen angel," and claimed that actually
it had "fallen more than it had climbed." Under the new economy, he
said, "expectations were greater than the deliverables" and that
"expectations are now below zero," suggesting that that's where SUSE
business prospects are too. 

Customers, he said, misunderstood what Linux was, thinking that it was
brand new technology rather than just recycled Unix. "We're not
changing the rules of physics in the universe here" and that the best
Linux can offer is "better technology for the same money." There is,
he said, "a wake-up call" sounding "for many." 

http://www.linuxgram.com/newsitem.phtml?sid=109&aid=11712

La nouvelle proviendrait d'un abonné au serveur de Microsoft, mais
n'en serait pas moins exacte...

http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-02-08-001-21-NW-MS

Résumons: Applix cesse ses opérations Linux, VALinux accuse des pertes
de 50% sur son chiffre d'affaire, Corel vend, Stormix ferme et SuSE
plie bagage.

Pourquoi s'en faire pour si peu? Nous, on appuie Debian à l'OS!
Prochaine installation à Montréal dans à peine vingt ans... à moins de
contre-temps.

GP
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