Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4498 mails)

[Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 05 November 2006 12:04, John Andersen wrote:
> Quote:
> In addition, Microsoft will distribute as part of a resale arrangement
> approximately 70,000 coupons for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server maintenance
> and support per year so that customers can benefit from the use of the new
> software solutions developed through the collaborative research effort, as
> well as a version of Linux that is covered with respect to Microsoft's IP
> rights.
> --endqoute
>
> The coupons are only "for" support (not even the purchase price, and not
> even a commitment to cover the whole cost of support)

a longer answer, the other one was too curt perhaps

First of all, there is no purchase price, there is only a support cost. SLES 
is downloadable free of charge

Secondly, as I said, these are full support contracts, bought and paid for

> and ONLY when there are "software solutions developed through the
> collaborative research effort"
> (but clearly ONLY if said solutions REQUIRE Linux - Which seems unlikely,
> and certainly these solutions wont exist for some time (likely years away).

You seem to be reading words that aren't there. There is no "only" in that 
quote you give, and the paranthesis is taken only from your imagination

As I said before, don't expect Microsoft to push this too hard. But if they 
have a customer that insists on running linux, they will have this to offer

>
> "as well as a version of Linux that is covered with respect to Microsoft's
> IP rights"
> which is to say NO VERSION OF LINUX, because Microsoft has
> no IP rights to any part of linux.

mono? The office document formats? You may be right, but customers worry about 
these things

> Anders, I have "coupons" for this Bridge in New York City.....

Good for you. I hope you didn't pay for it, the way Microsoft paid for their 
coupons

From the same FAQ you quote from

To help promote these new solutions, Microsoft has purchased a quantity of
                                                                     ^^^^^^^^^
 coupons from Novell that entitle the recipient to a 1-year subscription for 
maintenance and updates to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. Microsoft will make 
these coupons available to joint customers who are interested in deploying 
virtualized Windows on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, or virtualized SUSE 
Linux Enterprise Server on Windows.
For customers who have a significant Windows investment and want to add Linux 
to their IT infrastructure, Microsoft will recommend SUSE Linux Enterprise 
for Windows-Linux solutions.

end quote