I am sure that you have read about this one. Microsoft is extending a “helping hand” to a smaller struggling competitor, to help them with their Linux strategy. Huh? Sure Microsoft is a big supporter of companies with competing Linux solutions. They have always been that way, Steve Ballmer even publicly supports it. “Linux is Cancer”
So why is the occuring.
Novell-Microsoft: How many times can you sell your soul? by ZDNet’s Mitch Ratcliffe — I would not be comfortable turning Microsoft salespeople loose on my customers. They are armed to the teeth with discounts and incentives to beat any competitor. The announcement that Novell and Microsoft will work together to improve interoperability between Windows and Novell’s SuSE Linux, as well as cross-promote and support one another’s products strikes me [...]
Confused yet? You shouldn’t be, this standard operatng procedure for MS.
The triple EEE plan.
Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.
And I was just getting ready to swtich eveything over to SUSE., hmm I think Im going back Redhat Fedora core now.
