12.22.06
A Chair Flies in Waltham?
Do you think that there was a chair tossed across a room while Ron Hovsepian was hollering that he will "f@%king kill Google" at Novell headquarters today?
By now, many are aware that Jeremy Allison is resigning from Novell in protest over the Microsoft deal, and speculation as to where he may end up included Novell competitor Red Hat, among others.
Well, it appears that Allison is instead heading to Google, where Samba will be "pushed forward, harder.", and he will have no further comments on the Novell situation until after the official end of his employment on the 29th.
Good luck and congratulations to both Google and Jeremy Allison. Anyone in the Waltham, Massachusetts area would do well to watch for flying furniture.
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. 
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. 
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. 
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. 
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. 
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy.