04.13.08
Microsoft and Novell As a Joint Venture, Now Joint Staff
A unique Microsoft/Novell lovefest, which they even brag about over the Internet, was mentioned at the end of last year and we more recently saw it promoted using gifts, which still failed to attract a crowd. Those two partners, which some opine might be destined to become just one, are on the face of it starting to share staff. This workforce swap is not exactly new, but it marks a progression of this special relationship. Scroll down a bit to see the portion about Microsoft/Novell, along with screenshots.
It does read: “Contact a representative from Novell and Microsoft” — which means that you contact one person working for both Novell and Microsoft at the same time!
Someone should have told me that Microsoft and Novell are a joint venture!
One person that just seemingly wears a dual hat appears to be Justin Steinman, who spoke about his day and night jobs. Miguel de Novell [sic] appears to be spending a lot of his time in the Microsoft campus as well. How about those staff swaps and this high-level Novell figure, which recently defected from Novell to Microsoft?
At this pace of increased affinity and intersection, the vision of a joined-by-the-hip Novell and Microsoft is hardly far fetched. Never say never after the Yahoo bid, so it’s only sensible to prepare for the worst and not give any power and influence to Microsoft’s “chosen one”. Watch Novell’s declining market cap: now just 2.10 billion. █
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.
CoolGuy said,
April 13, 2008 at 11:57 am
http://www.moreinterop.com/customers/
Hard to resist when you get access to such customers.
$ELLOUT
Madcaluna said,
April 13, 2008 at 4:05 pm
You are such nose-picking jerks; you’re not worth the dirt under Miguel Icaza’s fingernails (if there is any)…
Victor Soliz said,
April 13, 2008 at 10:22 pm
And you got a lot of free time or an obsessive personality, if you really felt the need to come by just to post that.
Roy Schestowitz said,
April 14, 2008 at 12:07 am
I am personally more concerned about what Miguel does to Free software than about his fingernails. Call me old fashioned…
Even Miguel has already expressed regrets about the deal with Microsoft.