Red Hat CEO on Microsoft-Novell Deal

VE3OGG writes "The Seattle PI is running an interesting blurb from the Red Hat CEO on the current Novell-Microsoft deal that has been so lately lamented. According to Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik, the deal is 'old news.' 'Those were existing accounts and there is at least one of them that I can speak definitely that is also a Red Hat account,' Szulik said. 'So those were older engagements and we were not involved in competitive situations with those two or three years ago when they became Novell accounts.' The common client that Szulik speaks of would likely be Credit Suisse. The story also makes mention that while Deutsche Bank's chief technology officer, Clemens Jochum, praised the deal, the firm has been an early investor in SUSE from the beginning."

Comments

Re:It's too late to close the barn door

[pembo13]

Well in all fairness, some people went to Linux purely on its tech. strong points. I for sure may have never discovered Linux were it not for the extreme suckness of Windows which drove me to look for something better.

Re:It's too late to close the barn door

[eMbry00s]

No, I do believe it was to get far away from expensive as fuck Unixes. Microsoft's take on those wasn't very successful.

Re:It's too late to close the barn door

[theshowmecanuck]

Szulik wasn't saying everything is OK now, he was just stating a set of facts. This story doesn't really have to do with the original Novell-Microsoft agreement story. It was about Szulik saying the news about "Microsoft's announcement of three joint customers with Novell this week" is really non-news.

Re:Misleading headline and summary

[Kjella]

RTFA.

Why?
The submitter didn't read it.
The editor didn't read it.
Those commenting didn't read it (except you).
Somehow, articles don't seem that essential to the process.

Re:Misleading headline and summary

[Schraegstrichpunkt]

My comment was directed at the submitter. The editors and people commenting never read the articles, so it would be futile to suddenly expect that to change.

Re:It's too late to close the barn door

[Cyno]

Its always time to build Linux, but not into a fortress, into a Free Marketplace. No point waiting for Microsoft to come around to our way of thinking. We can do it with or without them. I am not interested in making Linux work with Windows anymore. I'm interested in making Linux work well with itself and my hardware.

If Microsoft were more open minded about cooperation then the efforts to make Linux and Windows interoperable over the years would have been a huge success. But obviously, they are not. Who is the only one to blame for this mess here? Microsoft.

I mean, just look at what interoperability means to Microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/2005/02-0 3interoperability.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/interop/default.mspx

"Making software interoperable by design", according to Microsoft they will be designing new software the is capable of interoperating with the alternatives because it uses OpenXML(tm).

However, the community has already built OpenOffice (a complete office suite, designed to be interoperable with Microsoft's Office document formats, OpenXML not necessary). Any help from Microsoft here? Nope. None. And take a look at Mono and Samba and all the IP conflicts Microsoft gives them. And now Microsoft threatens to sue anyone who doesn't sign their interoperability deal. Brilliant! That's a good way to make new friends, NOT!

The ONLY weapon Microsoft has to assault Linux is their patent portfolio. They would have to be willing to launch a full scale nuclear assault, and I know the amount of PR fallout from such an attack would destroy them.

So, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, i.e. propoganda.

Deutsche bank, that name sounds familiar

[bl8n8r]

Q: And where have we heard that name before?
A: http://www.google.com/search?as_q=sco+Deutsche+Ban k

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