On Thursday 02 November 2006 20:24, Geoffrey wrote:
Robert Smits wrote:
On Thursday 02 November 2006 14:18, Fred A. Miller wrote:
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2006/11/02/microsoft_ nov ell_may_partner_on_linux/
I am surprised, perhaps even amazed that Novell would take this risk with such an untrustworthy "partner" as Microsoft. The industry is replete with examples, like IBM that did this to their cost.
Nevertheless, perhaps some good can come from this, especially if Microsoft stops trying to break Open Office.
Nothing good will ever come of a relationship with Microsoft. Name one in the past. Novell stock is sucking wind. Microsoft will do nothing but exploit this opportunity.
It does not bode well.
Anyone thinking that this relationship 'might actually be good', is in for a stupendous let-down. M$ hasn't 'helped' one single company they've partnered with, not a friggin' one! Novell is screwing its workers over, because it sounds (and smells) like the high-up mucky mucks are in it for the money only, *not* to make Novell's and SuSE's Apps/OS any better. Reading about M$ 'partnering' with anyone is the same as walking down a hospital corridor one moment, only to open a door suddenly and fall into a septic tank! -- Calling an illegal alien an 'undocumented worker', is like calling a home intruder an 'unwanted houseguest'.