Novell-Microsoft deal an ominous development
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| Microsoft has intentionally rendered unsafe all but one path to
| heterogeneity -- that being the use of Novell's SLES (Suse Linux
| Enterprise Server) in networks with Windows. By immunising Novell
| against future intellectual property actions, Microsoft has
| tacitly notified other players in commercialised open source
| that Microsoft sets the rules for Windows interoperability from now on.
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| The potential fallout of Microvell is enormous. I'll grant that
| I may be overreacting, but I'm hearing voices in the wind that
| Microvell has the potential and intent to force serious changes
| in the market for non-Windows commercial system software. I have
| two major concerns. The first is what I see as Microsoft taking
| aim at Apple through Microvell. The second, which I address here,
| involves Advanced Server for Unix.
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