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● 01.05.08

●● Quotes for the Day (or “Why Novell is Toast”)

Posted in Boycott Novell, Microsoft, Novell, Quote at 12:13 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Linux set for a bad ride because of Novell

Here is how Novell helped Microsoft transform the way GNU/Linux is sold (attaching a charge to it regardless of the distribution used):

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Microsoft currently collects royalties from some companies that use Linux in their computing environments, Gutierrez said. However, he declined to indicate the number, the dollar amount Microsoft receives from those payments, or identify any of the companies by name.

Courtesy of Cisco:

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Apparently Microsoft has “taken limited steps to share users’ presence and availabilty [sic] information,” for fear of losing its ability to own all of the client.

Someone should tell Chambers that in reality it’s not so easy working with Microsoft.

Another one:

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Cisco’s CEO argued that Microsoft screws its customers every time, just like Apple.

If partnering with Microsoft is not a win-win then it must be a win-lose…in Microsoft’s favor of course.

That last sentence sums it all up. Novell is now stuck in a very bad ride. Good luck to Ron Hovsepian and his team, who have already ‘punished’ other Linux vendors and rewarded Microsoft, as the first citation shows. █

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