Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 4th Jan 2007 21:16 UTC, submitted by Tata Oranta
Novell's controversial pact with Microsoft reflects the desire of the number two Linux seller to position itself as a mixed-source company. Speaking to ZDNet Asia last week, Maarten Koster, the newly-appointed president of Novell Asia-Pacific, noted that the company positions itself in the market differently from its rivals. "You've got Red Hat as a pure open source company, and you've got Microsoft as a [commercial] license-based company," Koster said. "The reality is, most Novell customers run a mixed-source IT environment."
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Step 1) Novell takes over the community park and Microsoft threatens anyone who's not Novell to get out.
Your analogy is fundamentally flawed. Novell has no ability to take over the metaphorical community park. Either that, or Red Hat, Linspire, Ubuntu, and countless others are also squatting.
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2005-07-09
> "Generally, my experience with these situations is that
> people will eventually compromise and everyone gets on
> with their lives,
Step 1) Novell takes over the community park and Microsoft threatens anyone who's not Novell to get out.
Step 2) The community complains and says Novell has no right to do so.
Step 3) Novell asks for a compromise -- the community has visiting rights on "Novell's Property" or becomes a tenant in "Novell's property"
Step 4) Community yells, "yeah, right"