Novell/Microsoft 'Pulling an Oracle' on Red Hat

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2008-11-11 20:51:36 UTC
Modified: 2008-11-11 20:51:36 UTC

AS MONTHS go by, Novell's struggle against Red Hat gets uglier and uglier. Here is the latest predatory step.

Novell has launched a "competitive replacement" program aimed at luring Red Hat and CentOS users to its SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) product. Through the program, Novell will support customers' RHEL or CentOS servers for up to two years, while the customer migrates to SLES.

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Steinman commented, "Competitive replacement programs are as old as the technology industry. We chose RHEL and CentOS to go after the biggest installed base, but will consider adding other platforms, based on customer demand."

Stay tuned for more details and analysis. ⬆

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Comments

Gentoo User

2008-11-11 22:35:03

Ok... this is just weird. Can you explain why you consider offering something for less/better service, etc. to be "predatory"? Predatory or abusive implies leveraging a position of strength, which Novell certainly does not have in this case.

Please, explain.

Also, are you going to post retractions to your libel of journalists you accused of being "bribed" by Microsoft? Can they expect that soon?

Note: comment arrived from a witch hunter that does not even use GNU/Linux.

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