New Microsoft deal in the works with Red Hat? Don't bet on it
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| Microsoft and Red Hat both have acknowledged that Microsoft has
| tried to get Red Hat to sign an all-encompassing technology/marketing
| /patent deal. But Red Hat execs have been quite plain in their
| disinterest in a Novell-type partnership -- while, at the same
| time, telling customers to go ahead and take Microsoft's Linux
| voucher money.
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| I understand why Microsoft would like to get another open-source
| vendor or two to sign a Novell-type deal. After all, there's
| nothing like the smell of FUD to get customers ready to buyL
| inux to reconsider the wisdom of their decision. But I am
| doubtful Red Hat will be the one to cave.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=270
Related:
Ballmer: Novell deal proves open source needs to 'respect IP rights'
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| The same week that Microsoft issued a press release providing further
| details about some of the technological advances that will result
| from the November 2006 technology agreement between Novell and
| Microsoft, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told Wall Street what he
| really thinks the deal means to Microsoft.
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| During a forecast update meeting for financial analysts and shareholders on
| February 15, Ballmer reiterated that, to him, the deal is more about
| Microsoft exerting intellectual property (IP) pressure on Novell than
| anything else.
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