[clue-talk] Hell freezes over: Microsoft, Novell partner on Linux

[David L. Willson]

On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 13:35:26 -0700 (MST), dperkins wrote
> >> A sign that Vista is a flop?
> >>
> >> Considering how Novell fared in their last partnership with MS, I'm
> >> surprised they are doing it again.
> >
> > Please expand on that.
> >
> > This partnership seems to be a "kill VMware" move for Microsoft, or am I
> > misreading something?  Next question for someone that's read or listened
> > to the whole thing:  Did MS commit that they will fully support their
> > OS's when they are virtualized on Linux?  That would be real and meaty.
> > Running Linux virtualized on Windows is ... not a big deal.
> 
> Expand on what?  Vista?  I don't know, but hardware reqs are high, etc.
> 
Don't expand on Vista.  I've seen enough Vista for a long while.

> If I recall correctly, Novell came out the loser in a partnership with MS
> in the 80's or early 90's.
> 
This here is what I wanted to hear more about.