____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 03 January 2008 15:27 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Microsoft paid Novell $355.6 million in 2007 - Who's Novell's daddy?
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| With all due respect to Novell, I'm not sure scavenging in my top
>>| competitor's pockets for lunch money is something to crow about.
>>| Interoperability is great. Being a vassal to Microsoft is not. (The word is
>>| appropriate, Novell - look it up.)
>>|
>>| How can Microsoft removing Novell from effective Linux competition possibly
>>| be good for the market, or for Novell, long term? I understand that it's a
>>| lot of money, and that's great. In fact, I would assume that nearly every
>>| penny of Novell's profit in 2007 came from Microsoft's wallet.
>>|
>>| But this isn't a recipe for success. Microsoft does not have Linux's best
>>| interests at heart. The minute Novell becomes more of a threat to Microsoft
>>| than Red Hat is, Novell will be shunted aside. In the meantime, Microsoft
>>| is Novell's sugar daddy, making Novell a mere vassal to Microsoft.
>> `----
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9838466-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
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> This very much explains the behaviour of Miguel de Icaza, and Novell's
> support for all things Microsoft. They are very much owned, it would
> seem.
It was about 7 months ago that BTL (ZDNet) said that Novell had become "too
Microsoft-dependent". Their actions confirm this every week and I cover this
all the time. Novell, which used to complain about Microsoft, no longer sees
(or is /allowed/ to see) anything wrong with Microsoft's ambitions and
tactics. They are one.
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