Microsoft and Novell Announce Broad Collaboration on Windows and Linux Interoperability and Support
Thursday, November 02, 2006
"WALTHAM, Mass.—02 Nov 2006—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® 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® and Linux."
Novell and Microsoft will work together on these main technical areas:
Note from the Nerd: WOW!!!! Where the heck did this come from??? This is great! Microsoft and Linux working together! I NEVER thought that this would happen... but think of the possibilities! I think this could really turn out well, I mean for Linux and for Microsoft. I'll be sure to post any new developments!!!
Novell and Microsoft will work together on these main technical areas:
- Virtualization
- Web services for managing physical and virtual servers
- Document format compatibility
Note from the Nerd: WOW!!!! Where the heck did this come from??? This is great! Microsoft and Linux working together! I NEVER thought that this would happen... but think of the possibilities! I think this could really turn out well, I mean for Linux and for Microsoft. I'll be sure to post any new developments!!!