____/ Mark Kent on Friday 22 February 2008 14:43 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Red Hat was right, Novell was wrong
>>
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>>| Microsoft's pledge to truly interoperate with the rest of the planet,
>>| including open-source developers (both commercial and community), leaves
>>| two clear victors in the Linux camp: Red Hat and Ubuntu. While Novell
>>| capitulated to Microsoft's early demands for a patent stooge, Red Hat and
>>| Ubuntu stood firm.
>>|
>>| [...]
>>|
>>| Well, Novell gained a few quarters of "coupon cash" from the deal (though
>>| my sources at Novell say that customers aren't renewing their subscriptions
>>| at a rate that Novell would like), but I hope it recognizes the value in
>>| standing firm for openness. What little wind it got puffed into its sails
>>| from its interoperability lock-up with Microsoft just dissipated.
>> `----
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9876061-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
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> Why would they renew subscriptions? They weren't getting anything...
> other than, perhaps, a lot of bad publicity.
That was a very good leak from him. He has ex-coworkers at Novell. Previous he
spoke about the stuff exodus, Novell cooking the book, and more.
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