Comments on: Microsoft Also ‘Pulled a Novell’ on Apple

By: eet

eet — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:25:46 +0000

Apple is doing really fine. MS-Office for Apple is also quite a success. All Linux vendors partnering with MS make good business. So you really have to 'believe' in Roy like you believe in a prophet... Don't forget to hand in your brain on the way in. Note: comment has been flagged for arriving from an abusive Internet troll

By: sohbet

sohbet — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:41:05 +0000

i believe now .)

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:16:22 +0000

Corel was also among the very first supporters of OOXML. It’s totally under Microsoft’s control (and has been since their deal).

By: SubSonica

SubSonica — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:05:44 +0000

Hey, don´t forget COREL back in 2000!!! Microsoft tried to do with COREL what they are doing with Novell now!:
http://www.news.com/2100-1001-246982.html

“Microsoft has the option of directing Corel to translate some or all of the .Net framework from its Windows operating system to Linux.”
[...]
“Microsoft has an option to port .Net to Linux if they choose to develop a Linux strategy,” said Corel spokeswoman Louise Hanlon.

The Securities and Exchange Commission filing states that “Corel hereby grants Microsoft an option for Corel to Port some portion or all of the .Net Framework from the Windows Platform to the Linux Platform.”

If the work goes ahead, Microsoft will own the software–in other words, Corel essentially has been hired to do the work–the company said while detailing Microsoft’s investment in Corel. “

By: Stoffe

Stoffe — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:02:23 +0000

And the best counter-example the SUSE droids can come up with and which the regurgitate as much as they can is the Linspire deal, which on all accounts was a huge success for MS, the only drawback was that they didn’t get the namechange for free, but had to use some pocket change. Well the name is changed like they wanted, can someone tell me how this is such a great example on how MS not always wins?

By: boxopen

boxopen — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:13:55 +0000

Missed the formating… the original post is here:
http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?showtopic=26820&pid=146228&st=200&#entry146228

By: boxopen

boxopen — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 21:10:52 +0000

Guess WHO was “horned” on this one…

Thinking only in terms of Microsoft/Apple/Novell no one needs to “apply”…
But here where I live we call this kind of move: “Shuffle and Play again!”
I can remember what’s happened in the 90′s with these MS “agreements”.

Lets try to make a VISUAL (sort of algebraic) description to find the winner:

Novell Microsoft
Microsoft Apple

It’s the “virtualization” of the software patents applied exclusively to Microsoft!