Maybe Novell is in trouble (I doubt it), but *nix is a bit to big for Micro$oft to swallow.
Joe Takacs Norm Higgs wrote: > I seem to remember a similar joint agreement with IBM regarding > OS/2....anyone recall how that went? > > Basically the partership broke up while MS was developing the code for > the latest version - "NT OS/2 3.0", which never hit the market, at > least not under that name. It was renamed Windows NT, which has since > morphed into Windows XP, while the IBM OS/2 languished and died a slow > death. > > Given MicroSofts history, I would say Novell is in trouble. > > Norm Higgs > http://forbiddenpc.com > https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/4018099 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Parag Kalra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 2:52 AM > Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] MICROSOFT & NOVELL LINUX to work together! > > >> Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. today announced a set of broad > business and >> technical collaboration agreements to build, market and support a > series of >> new solutions to make Novell and Microsoft (r) products work better > together. >> The two companies also announced an agreement to provide each other's >> customers with patent coverage for their respective products. These >> agreements will be in place until at least 2012. Under this new model, >> customers will realize unprecedented choice and flexibility through > improved >> interoperability and manageability between Windows (r) and Linux. >> >> READ MORE: >> > http://discoverlinux.blogspot.com/2006/11/microsoft-novell-linux-to-work.html >> -- >> PARAG . A . KALRA, The Linux Lad! To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
