Novell offers faster virtualized Windows
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| In addition, Novell plans to announce that through its patent and
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| technology partnership with Microsoft, rival Microsoft will provide
| joint technical support for customers running Windows Server 2003 R3 atop a
| platform of Xen from SLES.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-6158196.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
FUD, FUD, FUD.
Besides that, why would a Linux/Open Source companies do Microsoft's dirty
laundry? Microsoft uses its partnerships with Zend, XenSource and Novell
(even Mozilla) to achieve advantages or parity, at the expense of other
platforms which get neglected.
Related:
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| [Allison: ] "Yes, that's true, actually. I mean I have had people come
| up to me and essentially off the record admit that they had been
| threatened by Microsoft and had got patent cross license and had
| essentially taken out a license for Microsoft patents on the free
| software that they were using [...] But they're not telling anyone
| about it. They're completely doing it off the record."
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http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/02/11/1443211.shtml
PHP, Windows: Not an Oxymoron?
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| Most PHP developers use a Windows desktop to develop their code, but then
| turn to Linux when it comes time to deploy their apps. It's a situation
| that Microsoft is hoping to change.
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| [...]
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| Though Microsoft is a sponsor of the php|works conference, Stagner noted
| for the record that Microsoft did not pay for him to speak and he wasn't
| lost and knows that the conference isn't TechED.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3632136
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