Tuesday, November 28th, 2006, 8:52 pm
Why Would Microsoft Sell Linux?
Paul Murphy from ZDNet speculates that one mysterious part of the deal, namely distribution of SUSE by Microsoft, will actually work to Microsoft’s advantage.
Strategically this is pre-positioning for a strike at IBM in anticipation of an SCO settlement, but it’s also something else: a case of winning with the right hand, while winning with the left too.
I will let you judge this for yourselves.