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● 02.03.07

●● Dramatic Licence in the Press, Courtesy of Novell

Posted in Boycott Novell, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Novell at 4:28 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Novell has supplied ‘ammunition’ to those seeking to demonise and criticise the Linux/Free software community. If you thought that Reuters had chosen sensationalist headlines, then have a look at this new article from InformationWeek. It is titled “Microsoft-Novell Deal: Nightmare In Linux Land”.

=> ↺ Reuters had chosen sensationalist headlines | ↺ “Microsoft-Novell Deal: Nightmare In Linux Land”

When Microsoft and Novell announced their Linux agreement last November, it knocked the open source community for a loop, and some hit back hard. “The Microsoft message here is clear. ‘I can pick and choose among the players and bribe whomever I want,’” says Francois Banchilhon, CEO of Mandriva, a Linux marketer.

The journalists’ exaggerations are, needless to mention, damaging to the reputation of Linux. There is no “nightmare in Linux land” and Novell is not “banned from selling Linux”, either.

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