Microsoft Advertises Linux Deal, Mentions "Intellectual Property"

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2007-03-14 00:33:25 UTC
Modified: 2007-03-14 00:33:59 UTC

In what appears to have become a pattern, Microsoft boasts deployments of SUSE Linux and does not neglect to add subtle, self-serving phrases.

Global bank selects SUSE Linux Enterprise as its standard Linux distribution, citing interoperability with Windows Active Directory and integrated Windows and Linux platform support.

You will find a few unnerving sentences if you carry on reading. Novell, did you not insist that "intellectual property" for Linux was irrelevant? Why was this press release issued by Microsoft? In other news:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server With Xen Virtualization From Novell Available for SAP NetWeaver and mySAP Business Suite

Jointly tested by Novell and SAP, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with Xen met or exceeded SAP's stringent performance requirements for SAP applications in a virtualized environment.

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shane

2007-03-14 14:56:47

Was this the first shot to actually hit and hurt Red Hat?

In the announcement, which once again says MS will deliver the stay out of court coupons to HSBC (they are handing them out for free), but it makes a point to say how HSBC will 'reduce complexity' and standardize their Linux infrastructure on SLES. That reads to me that they are removing/migrating off of someone's distro.

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Microsoft Advertises Linux Deal, Mentions "Intellectual Property"

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