Exploring the reality behind exclusionary deals with Microsoft and their subtle (yet severe) implications
Paul Murphy from ZDNet speculates that one mysterious part of the deal, namely distribution of SUSE by Microsoft, will actually work to Microsoft’s advantage.
Strategically this is pre-positioning for a strike at IBM in anticipation of an SCO settlement, but it’s also something else: a case of winning with the right hand, while winning with the left too.
I will let you judge this for yourselves.
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. Learn more
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. Learn more
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. Learn more
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. Learn more
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. Learn more
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy. Learn more
warninglabelgenerator said,
November 28, 2006 at 7:40 pm
The mess is compounding… daily!
Now Novell are dropping support for Hula.
“On the Hula general mailing list today, it was announced that Novell is no longer providing full-time developers to Hula. While the project will continue, it appears that Novell is not committed to developing a viable open-source alternative to MS Exchange. The Hula project was announced in February 2005 with much fanfare.”
http://digg.com/software/Novell_Dumps_the_Hula_Project
warninglabelgenerator said,
November 28, 2006 at 8:12 pm
Ooops…
I forget the warning label:
http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/8375/warninglabelit8.jpg
Roy Schestowitz said,
November 29, 2006 at 3:33 am
Thanks for the heads-up. I have just seen that in UseNet and in Slashdot, so I’ll post that as a new item (pointer).