Microsoft to sell Suse Linux?

Jonathan Linowes jonathan at linowes.com
Thu Nov 2 18:53:49 EST 2006


I think its in response to Oracle announcement last week that they'll  
be selling RH Linux


On Nov 2, 2006, at 5:27 PM, 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 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?
>
> -- Ben
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