07.08.08
Quick Mention: Microsoft Insider Takes Over VMWare
Monopoly-abusing executive to make matters worse
We wrote about him and warned about it when he first joined EMC. We also shared a good introduction to him. Now he’s leading the company that competes with his former long-time employer. It’s clear that Microsoft will play the ‘frienemies’ card, just as it did when signing the deals with Novell, XenSource and Corel (it even acquired the second one, by proxy). Who was behind this tactless appointment? It’s a non-compete strategy. Et tu, VMWare? Welcome KVM. █





















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.
Shane Coyle said,
July 8, 2008 at 3:01 pm
And now a word from Stafford Masie, formerly of Novell, about the Microsoft Novell deal and VMware…
FWIW
Roy Schestowitz said,
July 8, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Wow. Reading it now after all this time is enlightening. I don’t think he was /supposed/ to say some of these things.
OpenSUSE. Covered. Covenants. Not for commercial use…