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Re:SUSE announces Liberty Linux, new distro for those who mi... by ianai on Thursday January 20, 2022 @06:39AM (#30007626)
Suse isn’t owned by a large consulting/marketing firm (IBM). Tech and specifically Linux support is central to their business case.
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Re:SUSE announces Liberty Linux, new distro for those who mi... by lproven on Thursday January 20, 2022 @06:53AM (#30007743)
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True. Although IBM has sold off a lot of its consulting business, you know.

https://newsroom.ibm.com/2021-11-03-IBM-Completes-the-Separa...

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Re:SUSE announces Liberty Linux, new distro for those who mi... by ianai on Thursday January 20, 2022 @07:02AM (#30007814)
Someone who’s worked with lots of marketing professionals here, of course the marketing professionals have sold a ton!
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Re:SUSE announces Liberty Linux, new distro for those who mi... by tolle on Thursday January 20, 2022 @06:55AM (#30007757)
SUSE is owned, through various companies, the Wallenberg Family nowadays, isn't it?
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Re:SUSE announces Liberty Linux, new distro for those who mi... by ianai on Thursday January 20, 2022 @07:01AM (#30007800)
EQT, a private holding firm, per google. Private and holding are doing a lot of work in that sentence.
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Re:SUSE announces Liberty Linux, new distro for those who mi... by mfer on Thursday January 20, 2022 @07:30AM (#30008039)
SUSE is a public company, now. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SUSE.DE?p=SUSE.DE&.tsrc=fin-...
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Re:SUSE announces Liberty Linux, new distro for those who mi... by ianai on Thursday January 20, 2022 @07:34AM (#30008087)
Welp, judge them by their actions.
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