Novell,MS and Xen

[Bill Sconce]

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:08:56 -0500
Neil Joseph Schelly <neil at jenandneil.com> wrote:

> > Running a Windows server does not constitute interoperability.
> > Interoperability is the ability of two distinct and different entities
> > to cooperated with either other using a common set of protocols and/or
> > interfaces.
> 
> I agree here too and would much rather everyone play along.

Wouldn't THAT be nice.  When pigs fly...

    "Five year deal in a six year plan"

    "For five full years, Microsoft says it will promote SUSE. For
    five years, Novell will guarantee its customers immunity to
    patent lawsuits by Microsoft.

    "What happens after the five years pass? I seem to recall
    Microsoft made five year (or similar length) deals with Sybase,
    Symantec, Corel, Borland, Citrix, and other companies that
    thrived before the deals only to be reduced to insignificant
    gnats afterward. All of these deals involved giving the company
    a bundle of money and promising them they'd prosper. All of 
    these companys were promptly discarded as partners once 
    Microsoft gained what it needed to eliminate them as serious
    competition.

    "Microsoft has once again suckered a company. It dangled pretty,
    shiny short-term gains in front of Novell/SUSE while, at worst,
    planning their long-term extinction, at best, planning to use
    the success of Novell/SUSE to bleed its customer base. If 
    Novell/SUSE becomes the king of Linux in five years, you can bet
    Microsoft will send its thugs over to Novell and raise its
    "no-sue covenant" protection payments through the roof."
    
My own bet that laying a foundation to sue over virtualization is
one of Microsoft's prime goals at the moment.

(Quote is from
    http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000121
    -our friend, the gentle Nicholas Petreley)