__/ [ B Gruff ] on Saturday 04 November 2006 22:11 \__
> I find what's happened these past 24 hours to be quite amazing.
> A single announcement from Microsoft, and this group and (it would seem)
> most of the community on the Internet is now condemning Novell, backing-off
> from SUSE, and writing off one of Microsoft's biggest threats to date....
>
> Let me try a *new* conspiracy theory on you guys - suppose that the whole
> *point* of the MS announcement was the reaction we have seen to date....?
>
> However, I find in this very group the wisest words I've read on the topic
> so far:-
>
>> On Saturday 04 November 2006 20:31 Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>>
>> > That remains to be seen
>> > I actually believe nothing of that hype around the Novell/MS deal
>> > Just calm down some and wait and see. Bitching can still start later if
>> > warranted
>
> Dead right imo Peter - this story still has a long way to run!
> (and I note that you don't seem to concur with the (typically American?)
> concept of "Hang 'em *first* and *then* give 'em a fair trial"!)
>
> Of course, all you other guys here might be dead right in everything that
> you say....... but if you are wrong, you are doing Microsoft's work for
> them. The way this is going, if you are right, Novell/SUSE is dead, and if
> you are wrong, Novell/SUSE is dead.
> By contrast, if we were to keep our collective calm, and it transpires that
> this is a good move from the Linux POV, nothing is lost, and MS is
> frustrated.
> If you are right, and this is a bad move from the Linux POV, a delayed
> reaction will produce exactly the same result as an immediate one, except
> that it will be seen that the reaction is a considered one.
>
> ("Divide and Conquer" - Julius Caesar?)
That Technocrat article which was followed by Ballmer's announcement the day
after (a fully-fulfilled prophecy) just does not sit well. But Peter is
right. It would be wiser to wait. But how long for? This could take a year
for speculations to become a reality. It's all about conspiracy theories at
the moment and there is a helluva lot of precedence here (MS-Novell history,
SCO, Halloween Memos) to contradict these smiles from Ballmer and Hovespian.
Ballmer's is the smile of the devil. Hovespian seems to just smile like an
innocent fool. Doesn't Novell face court at the moment? It's defending
itself against Microsoft'ssockpuppet, which by the way, has nothing but a
fabricated case with a goal (Microsoft's agenda solely).
Best wishes,
Roy
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