Novell and Microsoft Claim Customer Support

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday December 12, 2006 @05:23AM from the quite-a-spin dept.

munchola writes "Novell and Microsoft have commissioned a survey to prove that customers love their interoperability and patent deal. According to the survey 'Ninety-five percent approve of the collaboration between Novell and Microsoft,' while 'four out of five believe their organization would consider doing more business with Linux dealers if Linux providers establish an alliance with Microsoft.' As CBRonline notes, however: 'Few people have claimed the deal is bad for Novell or Microsoft's customers. The question has been whether it is good for the open source movement, open source developers, or indeed Novell itself. Those issues do not appear to have been addressed by the survey.'"

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Re:Marketing auto-fellatio? by urbanradar · 2006-12-12 05:32 · Score: 5, Insightful

The people on Slashdot and other such forums and Novell's paying customers are mostly not the same people.

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The Actual Survey by ifchairscouldtalk · 2006-12-12 05:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Do you think that the recent interoperability and patent deal between Microsoft and Novel is
A) Good
B) Very Good
C) Not bad at all
Did I miss Casual Friday ? by Joebert · 2006-12-12 05:36 · Score: 5, Insightful

How can a survey like this go unnoticed by the Slashdot audience untill after it's been conducted ?
Did anyone here actually participate in this survey ?

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