Comments on: Microvell Acquisition of XenSource Confirmed by Ray Ozzie?

By: W^L+

W^L+ — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:06:56 +0000

If this is true, since Red Hat has been working hard to prepare Xen for possible inclusion in the main Linux kernel, they are likely to sponsor a fork of Xen. After all, in the enterprise market, virtualization is the message of the moment. The other thing that matters, I think, is that VMWare is looking for a partner in their quest to maintain a strong lead over Microsoft’s offerings. Imagine if Red Hat and Ubuntu sponsored a fork that worked together with VMWare on Linux and BSD platforms (including Mac OS X)–I think it would eat up anything that MSFT could field.

By: shane

shane — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:44:13 +0000

Stafford Masie, Novell South Africa country manager, at the CITI forum a few weeks ago, referred to Microsoft and Novell teaming up against VMware (EMC):

http://boycottnovell.com/2006/12/27/stafford-masie-presentation-at-citi-forum-transcript/ ( last few paragraphs before the tape cuts off, scroll down )

Web services, that’s the proprietary aspects, making active directory and eDirectory work together- enterprise customers want to see that, virtualization is very very key, customers want to utilize Linux as either a host operating system with Microsoft as a guest operating system, or vice versa, and yes wea re going to support the XEN technology there, the XEN hypervisor technology, Microsoft is going to support it too. Yes, there is a competitive angle there, yes we’re coming at VMware yes yes yes we are, ok thats part of it because but we’re doing it in an open source way, so were going to support the XEN technologies in our server platforms and togther collaborate and ensure it works properly, supported properly, etc

By: Pianohacker

Pianohacker — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:30:52 +0000

I think the main reason for all of this hubbub is that people simply don’t trust Microsoft (specifically, people who read history, and know how Microsoft likes to work. Case in point: OS/2. It may be old history, but…)
Open source does have one major protection against all of this: code forking. Thus, even if Microsoft decides to backstab Novell, Linux (and Xen) will continue to flourish.

By: Louw

Louw — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:21:22 +0000

Maybe this is why Linux doesnt own the Desktop… As soon as someone tries to fast-track development and try to get Linux working with the biggest IT-monopoly it will be defamed and deriled for a sellout. Please step out of the way of advancement and let Linux flourish.

By: dumb

dumb — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:18:34 +0000

This is idiotic. You seriously believe the truth of that comment even with the misspellings?

I have a nice big bridge for you in the New York area, if you’re interested.

By: r0gue6

r0gue6 — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:06:26 +0000

Welcome to the world of business and capitalism, were you expecting linux to live in a world of crazy communism forever? Even the major distros are trying to make money and this should sport suse some nice revenue. It’s not like the other distros will go away, so this is such a non-story.

By: fak3r

fak3r — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:57:52 +0000

While this is still speculation, it’s hardly far off judging from MS’s moves over the past 6 months. I’ve just came across this site thanks to Digg, but you’re now linked to — this is a great reference, and I completely support you’re cause. Thanks.