On Sunday 05 November 2006 01:41, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Sunday 05 November 2006 11:30, John Andersen wrote:
On Sunday 05 November 2006 01:23, Anders Johansson wrote:
No, the support will come from Novell. Microsoft will only sell licenses (and obviously only to customers who insist on running linux, don't expect them to push this hard)
Microsoft will hand out scraps of paper. They will not SELL anything. Go back ad read the announcement again.
Those 'scraps of paper' are server support licenses, bought and paid for.
Read the FAQ: http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/faq.html 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) 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). "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. Anders, I have "coupons" for this Bridge in New York City..... -- _____________________________________ John Andersen