04.20.07
Novell Disses Red Hat (Updated)
Let this one speak for itself.
Novell’s Microsoft dealmaker chides Red Hat
The Novell executive who architected an historic technology and intellectual property agreement with Microsoft has scolded rival Red Hat for not being innovative and warned Oracle’s Linux play will fragment the company’s operating system.
Try to recall when Novell entered the Linux market. Then remind yourselves when Red Hat entered (and grew) the Linux market. Given Novell’s impact on Red Hat — especially through its deal with Microsoft — this is quite a Chutzpah, isn’t it? Novell takes cheap shots at Red Hat now, having made a deal which it admitted was selfish (i.e. damaging to Linux as a whole).
In other news, Groklaw covers another Novell-SCO story.
Update: Watch how Novell gets slammed over this. It is also being accused of spreading FUD.
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.