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Microsoft and Novell Open Interoperability Lab
An anonymous reader writes to mention that the Microsoft and Novell Interoperability Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts opened today. The lab is supposed to allow both Novell and Microsoft developers to work together for better interoperability between SUSE and Windows Server. "Located in Cambridge, the 2,500-square-foot lab and workspace will be home to a combined team of the best and brightest Microsoft and Novell engineers focused on making Windows Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise work better together. The first priority for the lab team will be to ensure interoperability between Microsoft and Novell virtualization technologies. Additional work will include standards-based systems management, identity federation and compatibility of office document formats."
So we can get crap MS proprietary code and corrupted standards in Linux now too, huh. You know, I really have no problem with folks wanting to use Windows, I just choose not to. But apparently, the folks in Redmond seem to have a problem with me making my own decisions on what OS I use. Does anyone else see a problem, here?
Novell professes to deal only Open Source - so why is there a necessity for this interop stuff... except for some PR stunt?
The only reason I can think of is if MS wants to share some details only with Novell and not the entire Open Source community.
Which implies no one will touch open source offerings from Novell that implemented flawed MS tchnologies - like Mono, Moonlight, Silverlight, Novell OOO, etc.
If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
work at the Interoperability Lab in Cambridge. The bad ones still work in Redmond on other goals.