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Re: [Rival] Microsoft is Not Buying Citrix and Novell (Yet)

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____/ Linonut on Wednesday 17 September 2008 22:25 : \____

> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
> 
>> ____/ Rex Ballard on Tuesday 16 September 2008 23:15 : \____
>>
>>> Not sure what actual pressure was used against SUSE, but Microsoft
>>> typically uses the carrot as bait, and the baseball bat to make sure
>>> you get into the cage after taking the bait.
>>
>> Good post. Is there any way to prove convincingly that Microsoft advised
>> Novell to stop competing on the desktop?
> 
> Probably just check out some library books.  Even our dopey little
> library (which was nonetheless significant enough to attract the
> attention of the GATES... LIBRARY... INITIATIVE) had a number of books
> on the machinations of Microsoft and friends.

I was thinking about Hovo Sepian in 2008. They stopped competing on the desktop
even though Vista is very easy to beat.

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