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Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Novell, Red Hat, Virtualisation, Xen at 6:12 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
The Rat Pack: Anti-Red Pact and Anti-Hat Pack
Var Guy warned about this in advance and we finally saw it materialising in Boston just a few days ago. Novell is truly resorting to what one reporter has called “dirty tricks” against Red Hat. Although we believed we had seen the worst of it, there’s this new observation also.
=> warned about this in advance | materialising in Boston just a few days ago | ↺ this new observation
Having pointed out the cheeky banner that Novell hung outside rival Red Hat’s annual conference in Boston, I later found out from Red Hat’s chief executive Jim Whitehurst that Novell also put a “big sticker” on the floor outside too but Red Hat managed to get it removed.
Well surprise, surprise, I got an email today from Novell with a nice image of the sticker in question and what a sticker – it must be twenty feet across – I wouldn’t like to have on the crew that had to lay that let alone remove it.
You can watch the photo in this short article. At the same time, Microsoft attacks Red Hat from another direction. Having 'stolen' XenSource, using its partner Citrix, Microsoft is moving on to a “Get the Facts” not only against Red Hat servers (they now have a ‘comparison’ page) but also against virtualisation with Red Hat.
=> 'stolen' XenSource | ↺ against virtualisation with Red Hat
Microsoft Produces New Perspective Over Windows vs. Linux
Microsoft has never been that shy about trashing open source operating systems in order to boost its own proprietary platforms, and the latest perspective over the two products is merely a new chapter in the Windows vs. Linux saga. A Microsoft authored comparison involving Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Hypervisor is available for download via the Redmond company’s Windows Server Compare.
As many observers know by now, Novell and Microsoft are creating an exclusive 'virtualisation club' where a warped and twisted ‘Linux’ is the only invited guest (taxed by Microsoft, too). It’s important to put an end to the Microsoft/Novell relationship or at least disengage from doing business with both. █
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