● 08.08.07
●● Ron Hovsepian Apparently Gives the Nod to Microsoft Patent Deals, Gets Red Hat Angered
Posted in GNU/Linux, Linspire, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, Red Hat, Ron Hovsepian, Xandros at 11:26 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Ron Hovsepian gave a talk at LinuxWorld. While most press coverage remains focused on consolidation and covergence aspects, the following important part is equally noteworthy.
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In the same vein, the Novell CEO praised proprietary software companies for jumping on the Linux bandwagon, including Oracle’s leap into the Linux distribution support market — based on a variation of Novell rival Red Hat — and even Microsoft’s additional deals with Linux distributors Linspire and Xandros.
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Oh, dear. That’s a mouthful. It is not an exact quote, of course, but let’s dissect:
“…praised proprietary software companies for jumping on the Linux bandwagon…” — IOW, Free software isn’t quite so important to Novell anymore.“…[praised] Oracle’s leap into the Linux distribution support market…” — IOW, Novell supports companies that steal another company’s business by making copycats, halving the support fares, and sucking money out of someone else’s labour.“…[Unbreakable is] based on a variation of Novell rival Red Hat…” — IOW, changing a logo and some bits of artwork make a true variation. Not bad for a multi-billion-dollar company, which yesterday issued press releases to boast contribution to the kernel.“…and even [endorse/praise] Microsoft’s additional deals with Linux distributors Linspire and Xandros…” — IOW, Novell might as well invite all Linux distributors to strike deals with Microsoft, patent licensing included.
Red Hat was not too impressed by Ron’s presentation, but for other reasons.
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A call by Novell’s CEO for a standardized way to certify Linux applications Wednesday was subsequently greeted with skepticism by a high-ranking official at rival Linux distributor Red Hat.
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