Inside the Microsoft-Novell deal
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| "Microsoft is emerging as the common denominator in multiple
| strategies for identity management, which is not completely altruistic
| and could have strategic benefits by putting it in a stronger position
| at the hub of identity management across several providers' product
| lines," Goulde says.
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| [...]
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| Interestingly, in the case of the Sun deal, the software giant was
| also happy to fork out significant amounts of money to seal the
| pact. Microsoft paid Sun $700m upfront to resolve anti-trust
| issues, a further $900m to lay various patent matters to rest and
| $350m in royalties. Sun also agreed to pay Microsoft royalties on
| an ongoing basis for including some of its technology in its servers.
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| All of this means, ironically, that Microsoft has now paid out
| large sums to help out two competitors at times in their lives
| when an injection of cash certainly hasn't gone amiss.
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http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/features/0,1000002000,39286896,00.htm?r=1
Related:
9.6 Years: On Beyond Novell
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| March 24th, 2007 was my final day working at Novell. Leaving will be
| anything but easy.
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http://reverendted.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/96-years-on-beyond-novell/
Is Novell Poised for a Turnaround? It Doesn't Look Like It
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| Is this the same Novell that in every quarter for more than a year
| either missed analysts' targets or made disappointing forecasts? Is
| this the same Novell where less than 10 percent of annual revenue
| is actually open source-related? Is this the same Novell that upset
| the open source community by signing away its soul to Microsoft?
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070427/33755_id.html?.v=1
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