Microsoft to sell Suse Linux?

jsf jfreeman at gmail.com
Thu Nov 2 18:27:03 EST 2006


I'd heard that there was a poll that said that 20% of Windows users
plan to switch to Linux (Ubuntu?) once Vista comes out.

DUnno if that's relevant or not.

Cheers,

Joshua

On 11/2/06, Bruce Dawson <jbd at codemeta.com> wrote:
> Ben Scott wrote:
>
> > On 11/2/06, Dan Miller <rambi.dev at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Its hit /. and Digg and I'm still dumbfounded about it.
> >
> >   Hmmm.  "Microsoft will offer sales support of Suse Linux".  What
> > does that actually *mean*, I wonder?
>
> I believe it means that Redhat is under severe attack, and I smell a
> conspiracy. Especially with Oracle in the fray,
>
> >  I also can't help but think, a la Fark and Admiral Ackbar, that
> > "It's a trap!".  If you look at the history of Microsoft, every
> > business "partner" they've ever had has gotten stolen from, ripped
> > off, and screwed over.  I don't know why this would be any different.
> > Time to sell Novell stock short, perhaps?
>
> Agreed.
>
> I'm more concerned about this being an "end-around" play where Microsoft
> and Oracle will attempt to garner some IP from the whole thing.
>
> Of course, this could be a protect-the-rear action if its determined
> that Novell still owns all the IP that SCO claimed it had. Can you
> believe the power Novell would have over both Microsoft and Oracle if it
> came to light that *it* owned some key licensing rights to Unix? "Buying
> into" Novell would make sense if this were true.
>
> --Bruce
>
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