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Re: [News] Ballmer & Hovsepian Interview on Novell/MS/Linux

  • Subject: Re: [News] Ballmer & Hovsepian Interview on Novell/MS/Linux
  • From: Rick <none@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:30:49 GMT
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online http://www.rr.com
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On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 06:07:07 +0000, yttrx wrote:

> DFS <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Jerry McBride wrote:
>> 
>>> Well... they signed the papers and it's a done deal...
>>>
>>> So long Suse... You were a gem of a distribution... now you are a
>>> whore.
>> 
>> 
>> Why so hysterical?
>> 
>> It's a limited business agreement entered into for financial gain -
>> which is what Novell has always been about with Suse anyway.  It should
>> result in greater Linux sales and market share, better interoperability
>> with Windows, and enhancements to document compatibility.
>> 
>> The downside to Novell is various open source pipsqueaks have been
>> squealing a lot.
>> 
>> 
> This is all very simple.
> 
> Linux will split.  There will be the patented, microsoft/suse version that
> is not GPL compatable, and there will be what everyone else uses.  Because
> the kernel itself is GPLed, this means that Microsoft Linux (TM) will not
> actually be Linux, but linux.
> 
> For Ballmer to take on Linux (the GPL kind) through patent lawsuits would
> be suicide, because it would orient Microsoft directly against IBM.
> Microsoft would lose, and it would be very, very bloody.
> 

As long as the blood would be coming from Microsoft .... good.

-- 
Rick


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