Linux-Watch: Winners and Losers in the New Linux World | Linux Today

Linux-Watch: Winners and Losers in the New Linux World

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Nov 17, 2006

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]

“Would you have believed at the end of last summer that
Microsoft and Novell would partner over Linux, or that Oracle would
create its own brand of Linux? Yeah, I wouldn’t have believed it
either, but here we are.

“So, what does it all mean? Rather than make a snap judgment I
decided to sit, wait and watch before trying to make sense of it
all. Now, I’m ready to give you my two-cents on who are the winners
and losers in this post-deal Linux world…”

Complete
Story

SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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