On 11/3/06, Andreas Jaeger
M Harris
writes: On Thursday 02 November 2006 17:32, Anders Johansson wrote:
believing that people LIKE windoze... DONT THEY GET IT!!! .... the reason we run Linux is because we HATE windoze....
That may be the reason why you run linux, but it's hardly a reason for major corporations, and this announcement is aimed squarely at major corporations
A CTO would be fired on the spot if he played by emotions Who are you trying to kid?
Corporations hate windoze. Ask any of the corporations which have been skewered by M$, or ask any of the corporations (or non emotional individuals) involved in M$ anti-trust class action lawsuits (like the one in Minnesota for example) or ask any of the millions of corporate managers across America who are hamstrung by the M$ "corporate parasite" that crashes and burns (literally) millions of hours of person-productive time. Oh, they hate windoze assuredly. But they say it differently...
But still cooperations have to interact with MS software - and now they can more easily have Linux interact with MS, so it should be a win for them,
Andreas
I hate when someone uses the "it is not all white and black" phrase, I hate it because it is true. Businesswise this maybe a good move for Novell and very benefitial to us who have to live with windows. Having said all of that MS remains the shark and if you are perceived as food you better watch out what you get yourself into. Personally I think there is another player you have to watch out for and it is Oracle they are closer to a real competitor for MS and they are in the Linux market now. I do not know who will be the first acquisition now RH looks like a good candidate, some where speculating Sun next and maybe Novell. MS will sell SuSE licences, sure I believe they are getting a cut aren't they, so the prices is still not as low as it could be. Anyway time will tell. My .01 George