Red Hat Reaping Benefits From Novell/MSFT deal?

Ho Kooshy Fly writes "It seems that at least one software group has seen the use of Red Hat substantially increase over Novell as of late. EWeek theorizes that this may be backlash from the patent deal with Microsoft. From the article: 'The survey's findings can also be extrapolated to the broader open-source software industry and are not limited to those enterprise customers using Alfresco software "because of the wide range of open-source and proprietary software use cases captured and the large sample size of the survey," [Ian Howells, Alfresco's chief marketing officer] said. "We think these findings accurately reflect the broad technology trends across modern stacks in organizations of all sizes." Gallup polls about U.S. presidential candidates typically survey about 1,000 likely voters, while Alfresco surveyed more than 10,000 people, he said.'"

Comments

Surveys

[ireallylovelinux]

I did a survey of surveys and found them only 88.1% accurate.

Re:Can someone explain it to me?

[Talisman]

Can someone explain it to me...why Microsoft went into these deals anyway?


Yes.

Winux

Alfresco?

[Mikkeles]

'... are not limited to those enterprise customers using Alfresco software...'

Sorry, I don't programme outdoors; I'm in my parents' basement!

Re:Can someone explain it to me?

[suv4x4]

> Can someone explain it to me...why Microsoft went into these deals anyway?

Yes.
Winux

And it'll be free and released under GPL3, right.

Re:I would put my usual anti-linux troll here

[Vulva R. Thompson, P]

So switching to the left hand puts you in a better mood?

Re:no bias?

[spun]

The executive washroom is a logic-free zone.

But that's impossible! The free market for executive labor ensures that only the absolute best and brightest ever make it to executive positions. I mean, come one! There's no government interference in the executive salary market, so it has to be working perfectly. We all know that the only time markets fail to be the closest solution to God-like perfection is when government interferes. Therefore, these executives are making all the right decisions, based solely on their undying love for their shareholders, rather than shortsighted greed and cronyism.

Yes, I'm being sarcastic.