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Novell Vice Chairman on Ximian, SCO

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the only-gonna-get-stranger dept.

dotnothing writes "microsoft-watch.com has an interview with Chris Stone, who is the Vice Chairman of Novell. Stone says that Novell will be introducing a Linux distribution with Novell products and the Ximian desktop, but that they are not out to compete with Microsoft. He also expressed some gratitude to Red Hat for countersuing SCO."

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  1. Re:How come by yobbo · · Score: 1, Funny

    Why didn't you?

  2. Right... by mschoolbus · · Score: 5, Funny

    "but that they are not out to compete with Microsoft"

    "Uh... Yeah... We want to sell this but, uh.. not a lot of it..." - Chris Stone

  3. Bet they hadn't thought of this by Sir+Haxalot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Stone: We are going to continue to push it. .Net on Linux is a great idea. We just hope Microsoft isn't against the idea.
    I'd 'just hope' Linux users aren't against the idea.

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  4. The blinding obvious by ACK!! · · Score: 1, Funny

    He is happy RedHat is suing SCO. No sh*t guys! I don't blame you because you just frickin' bought a linux focused company. Duh.

    Did he reveal that the sky is blue in this interview as well?

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  5. Reread On Title... by Tsali · · Score: 2, Funny

    Novell Vice Chairman on Ximian, SCO

    I'm sure it was just me, but did a first glance at this headline read sorta like "Novell Vice Chairman on Ximian *and* SCO?

    I got chills up and down, but then I read the article.

    Whew. Close one.

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    1. Re:Reread On Title... by kpansky · · Score: 3, Funny

      > I got chills up and down, but then I read the article.

      There's your problem. As anyone on /. knows, you should never *actually read* the articles. Next time, be sure to post before reading the articles or you will confuse all the veterans.

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  6. Re:Won't somebody end this already? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    as much as I would like to see SCO go away, it pains me to think that the SCO crooks can walk away from this with pockets full.

    It pains me to see that in this day and age there isn't as much racketeering going on as there used to be. These damn corporations hide behind lawsuits and lawyers. Why doesn't anyone send out good old fashioned henchmen anymore? If IBM knocked off a few SCO execs maybe they would have a change of heart. Rough up their family and torch their houses. These people just have no sense of imagination anymore. It's not just limited to SCO, it can be applied to anyone really. Spammers for instance should be shot in the groin for every mass mailing. :-/

  7. LOL by JoeLinux · · Score: 4, Funny

    As located here, RedHat calls SCO's practices "likely to cause confusion, mistake or to deceive". Is that legalese for "Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt"?

    Just a thought,

    Joe

  8. Re:Oh yeah, they'll go for that. by mshiltonj · · Score: 2, Funny

    I seem to recall that Microsoft released over 1 million lines of code in their shared source effort to get .Net running on Linux, etc.

    Yes, Microsoft loves to give back to the community out of the goodness of its own heart. I'm positive they did not have any alterior motives at all.

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