Comments on: Hugging Free Software to Death and Novell’s Embrace of Proprietary Platforms http://techrights.org/2010/02/24/still-promoting-proprietary-software/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Jose_X http://techrights.org/2010/02/24/still-promoting-proprietary-software/comment-page-1/#comment-83624 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:37:10 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=27503#comment-83624 Apple wants to promote a certain image. Perhaps they are taking the Disney approach: provide warm and fuzzies exclusively (however great) and preserve their brand and then use this leverage to get lock-down/monopoly laws passed (or preserved) that protect their business from competitors.

I can’t imagine all of Novell’s apparent missteps being solely their fault among a fair playing field (specifically wrt to their network software losing to Microsoft’s). In any case, missteps are a part of life.

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