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Microsoft Enterprise Agreement - return to Novell
The article implies that organizations with Microsoft Enterprise Agreements will now be adding Novell.

"Microsoft will pay Novell $240 million for 350,000 coupons--70,000 per year--entitling customers to support and maintenance for Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Novell Chief Executive Ron Hovsepian said Tuesday. "

The way I see the above quote is that Microsoft management recognized that it wasn't going to be able to meet real and implied obligations to those who purchased Microsoft Enterprise Agreements. The biggest implied obligation would be to an organization that recently moved off of Novell to pure Microsoft and found itself worse for it.

Such an organization would know it had been damaged after the move and would seak to be made whole by adding up the damages and going after Microsoft for fraud, perhaps in the form of a class action. Microsoft management must have known how far behind the company was and how unlikely it was to catch up. I really see some smarts in the Novell deal. There is hardly any down side for honest folk. There of course may be a down side for the side-dealers. A lot of strings have been cut with this deal.

Frank L. Mighetto CCP
Posted by: mighetto   Posted on: 11/08/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Microsoft paying Novell $308 million for Linux pact  Loverock Davidson | 11/07/06
They did the same thing for Apple  John Zern | 11/07/06
Its about Web 2.0 Microsoft is terribly behind. This deal is catch up.  mighetto | 11/07/06
Completely off topic and nonsensical  the_seb | 11/08/06
SomMicrosoft, is clearly behind  the_fiddler_on_the_roof | 11/08/06
Some critics, not Microsoft, are clearly behind  the_fiddler_on_the_roof | 11/08/06
You find this funny .  I'm Ye, the MS SHILL . | 11/07/06
Only time I agree with you Loverock...  John Le'Brecage | 11/07/06
They did the same thing with IBM . . .  startx.jeff | 11/08/06
Yeah, right  tic swayback | 11/08/06
Actually great news  john.murray@... | 11/08/06
Looks like MS was desperate to sign a deal, this is all in favor of Novel.  DonnieBoy | 11/07/06
Win for Linux  Richard Flude | 11/07/06
I agree with you, I think this will backfire on MS. I really have a hard  DonnieBoy | 11/07/06
I think you have it backwards . . .  startx.jeff | 11/08/06
Was that the OS/2 MM that...  panzrwagn | 11/08/06
Are you really this simple minded?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/08/06
Try to just argue you point. Did you see the flow of money here???  DonnieBoy | 11/08/06
Microsoft Enterprise Agreement - return to Novell  mighetto | 11/08/06
M$ Learning Linux  rtb | 11/07/06
IBM established M$ connection to SCO..  thetruth_z | 11/08/06
IBM established M$ connection to SCO..  thetruth_z | 11/08/06
When you lay in the mud  Uralbas | 11/08/06
Why doesn't MS buy  bjbrock | 11/08/06
Microsoft & Novell  Linux User 1 | 11/08/06
Could you be a little more explicit?  ebrke | 11/08/06
Re: Market  Linux User 1 | 11/08/06
The same reason IBM doesn't buy Red Hat  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/08/06
M$ wants to bully Linux  Linux Geek | 11/08/06
Where's the SEC link?  techboy_z | 11/08/06
It's very sad to see Novell perform OpenSource Treason  slim-01 | 11/08/06
Making a better team  mrtbone | 11/08/06
Open $ource and M$ and $$$$  Boot_Agnostic | 11/09/06

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