02.19.08
Quick Mention: Novell Loses Another Customer to Microsoft
Swapping business in one direction
As was stressed very recently, despite the fact that Microsoft takes Novell’s legacy business away, Novell goes out of its way to help Microsoft. Here are some of the most recent examples. Here is another new example of lost business for Novell, which is a gain to Microsoft.
Previously, the healthcare system had operated in a Novell-based
environment. It migrated to Microsoft’s platform to help lower its IT costs
and decrease complexity in its environment.
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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.