On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 00:19 -0500, Marc wrote: > > I'm not holding my breath that MS, Novell, or any other major company > is doing anything at any time for overall benevolence to the world. I > have learned to be very wary of anything I see or hear. This whole > story just makes me think that some very underhanded deals have been > made between the 2 companies. MS is also probably stabbing Novell in > the back, which is to be expected since they already did that by > stealing NDS and making it AD, as well as other companies products as > well (I digress). > > Probably the strategy is > > 1 convince them that interoperability is the 'wave of the future' > > 2 convince them that MS and Novell are the best 2 combinations around Think State Contracts. A LOT of States use Novell. Now Novell could be Suse Linux or Novell could become M$. If you were Bill Gates where would you be pushing? State Contracts managed by State Employees with a vested self interest in keeping things just the way they are, with the tax payer footing a bill large enough to choke a horse. With all of the license increases you would want a market where the buyer doesn't mind just signing a contract where it isn't out of their pocket. State and Federal Contracts, GSA, the four military branches. All fat pigeons to be roasted slowly to keep the juices in. Just the announce alone was worth a fortune to Microsoft for bidding purposes. Here in NC the folks I know in State IT were already considering using SuSe/Novell where they had run Novell for their servers. It's the "considering" part that gets M$ on edge. And now they have done something to toss water on that fire, even if the marriage is never consummated. Just showing up to the altar was good faith that the swollen bride would be carried to some sort of threshold. <cackles> It's the appearances that count, in such matters! -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
