Take Microsoft's Linux Money, Says Red Hat
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| "I think that there has been a strong amount of external
| communication by Microsoft and Novell on this topic," he said.
| "We certainly expect that there will be those cases where customers
| will consume those coupons. We're certainly encouraging one or two
| customers to consume all of them, let's get this over with."
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http://www.computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=E956FD4A%2D3269%2D4EFF%2DB19A%2D8E976D5AD46E
http://tinyurl.com/2hdf9g
Related:
Our Interview with Jeremy Allison
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| My guess is that the negotiations for the useful parts of the
| agreement (the virtualization part and the federated directory
| interoperability part) had, as Ron says, been going on for months
| and just before Novell wanted to seal the deal Microsoft turned up
| with "there's just this one more thing we want you to sign..." and
| in desperation to get the other parts of the deal done they rushed
| it through.
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http://boycottnovell.com/2006/12/31/jeremy-allison-interview/
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