[GRLUG] Novell, having fun are we?

[Ron Lauzon]

Bob Kline wrote:
> Color me skeptical.  Time will tell. Sure,  M$ just
> wants to make more money - lots of it if possible -
> but will its tactics really change so much?  I
> suspect it will be good  ol'  M$,  as long as it
> continues to get the lion's share of the revenues
> in any collaboration.  It expects this.  Insists on
> it in all likelihood.
>   

I believe that MS has seen the light and wants to change.  Mr. Bill 
"retiring" is a good sign that is the case.  But MS is like an ocean 
liner - it won't turn on a dime.  It will take time (alot of time) to 
turn around.

I expect that, for the short term, it will be business as usual.  In the 
medium term, they will be less cutthroat.  In the long term, I expect 
them to become like IBM (which, interestingly enough, is exactly what 
Microsoft did, just before IBM changed) and play in the Open Source 
world nicely.

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