Re: [OT] M$ collaborates with Suse

On (03/11/06 07:48), Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
Hi,

Google news reports that M$ is going to collaborate with Novell on Suse
Linux.
I wonder what that means... ;-)

Interesting.... but when you sup with the devil, you need a very long
spoon.

MS has a history of signing agreements with potential competitors,
gouging their business and then discarding them. Alternatively, Novell
may benefit but there may be sinister implications for the rest of the
open source community.

Either way I have a healthy sceptcism of Microsoft's motives.

Regards

Clive

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