Exploring the reality behind exclusionary deals with Microsoft and their subtle (yet severe) implications
The title says it all.
A Novell spokesman confirmed late Wednesday that Erdman had left the company, but he did not have information on why and when the channel chief departed.
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
Truth Seeker said,
November 8, 2007 at 10:54 am
Did you guys miss one of the more notable recent departures from Novell, Joe Shaw:
http://joeshaw.org/2007/11/02/499
I recall that he worked on Beagle.
Anonymous said,
November 8, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Nobody cares about every single developer of a 5000 employee company joining or leaving anyway.
Roy Schestowitz said,
November 8, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Truth Seeker, thanks, I missed that one.
Anonymous, why are you so anonymous?