03.08.08

Interview with a Novell General Manager Who Calls Microsoft a Partner

Posted in Apple, Interview, Novell, Videos, Virtualisation at 1:13 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Here is a new interview with Volker Smid, who referred to Microsoft as a “partner” the other day [1, 2].

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