Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> espoused: > Novell+Microsoft BFF Site > > ,----[ Quote ] >| This month's Novell Linux Newsletter included a link to the Suse Team Blog >| which lists 40+ customers who "have decided to take advantage of the many >| benefits that the (MS/Novell) agreement brings to the table." And who knew >| that there was a whole site dedicated to the lovefest? (Hint: Not me.) >| >| Unfortunately, the site, moreinterop.com appears to be down at the >| moment...probably running IIS... > `---- > > http://www.cnet.com/8301-13846_1-9835534-62.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NegativeApproach > > It's IIS indeed (because Novell is the enslaved party among the two). There's > also the GNOME thing again (Bruce defends Waugh). > > GNOME, OOXML, and Half-Truths Colliding in the Night > > ,----[ Quote ] >| Can anything except the lapse of time end this debate? Not easily. But a >| starting point might be a recognition on both sides that, in the absence of >| solid evidence, the other is more misguided than evil or paranoid. Those >| denouncing the GNOME Foundation need to resist the temptation to diagram >| conspiracy theories, while the GNOME Foundation needs to act in a more open >| and responsive manner, instead of like a corporate board of directors putting >| down a stockholder's revolt. > `---- > > http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev/article.php/3717321 > > More one-sided reporting. > The term "conspiracy" is often used to discredit cause-effect analysis and occam's razor analysis. But, the facts will out, indeed, Novell's financial results continue to decline, Microsoft's funding for Novell is becoming an increasingly large part of Novell's revenue, and de Icaza is on record as a staunch supporter of all manner of Microsoft proprietary formats and systems, including favouring OOXML over ODF, C# and .net over Java and JVMs and has quite clearly been pushing .net into Linux-land, under the banner of the Gnome project and elsewhere. I've no idea about conspiracies, to be honest, however, I do not believe in repeated coincidences. There is always a reason. We do not have to look very hard for the reasons here. -- | Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk | | Cola faq: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy/faq-and-primer/ | | Cola trolls: http://colatrolls.blogspot.com/ | | My (new) blog: http://www.thereisnomagic.org |