Investopedia is not a Web site whose name comes up quite so often. It seems to stick to conventions rather than question or challenge them. For example, it uses the Microsoft-based IDC numbers to belittle GNU/Linux (notice the "ASPX" in Investopedia), but either way, there is this new short report regarding Red Hat, Novell, and takeovers.
Novell Takeover Talk Overplayed (NOVL,RHT)
Despite reporting earnings beating expectations, shares of network software provider Novell (NYSE:NOVL) failed to rally on the news, as uncertainty regarding the company's ability to successfully transition to a new business model based on so-called "open source" Linux software appears to remain a significant concern for investors.
Red Hat is not going to let the Microsoft-Novell partnership dim its own prospects for interoperability.
That seems to be the case with the Red Hat-sponsored open source Fedora project, which plans to release on June 9 a major upgrade of its free Linux that offers robust integration with Microsoft Exchange via a new feature called OpenChange.
Is this particular to Redhat? My understanding is that OpenChange is being implemented by Gnome Evolution and KDE Akonadi. (It would be nice if the Mozilla Messaging also supported it.) I think OpenChange is already available in some form on OpenSuse, SLED and maybe other recent Linux distro releases and will be available on others soon.
And, yes, it is a big deal, a bigger deal than just Exchange. The European Commission forced Microsoft to cough up the details of all their server protocols. Microsoft are of course doing it to "foster innovation and interoperability". Ha, ha! http://www.microsoft.com/protocols/default.mspx
Comments
Ed Landaveri
2009-06-04 19:38:28
"Hey, buy Novell and you won't be sued by Microsoft" that's their motto. "We are the only ones to whom Microsoft won't sue". That sad thing is that ain't working. No matter how hard they try. Remember their attempt to lure Red Hat customers away by lowering their prices. People is not stupid. No at least no the ones who stay away from Novell. Why supposedly pay "peace of mind" or "patent protection" when there's none!
If people needs FIRST CLASS CUSTOMER SUPPORT will go to Red Hat. If you can't afford it, we do use CenOS, even Fedora. Yes Fedora. By miles far superior than Novell Suse with his crappy NET support and "interoperability"
Lately they're trying to mend what they have done. But this whorish act of selling itself WON'T be washed away 'till the day they get rid of the MS pact, their CEO && de Icaza && followers. Hear that Judas Novell?