This has been a crazy few days around Microsoft. I have not slept much, nor have the folks on the deal team, in the product groups, on the PR team, at our PR agency, and in conversations with the Novell guys they are in pretty much the same condition. At this point I don't time for my own analysis, I'll blog more about that stuff later. I'd like to thank my PR agency Waggener Edstrom for compiling this. Here are some of the folks writing about this deal. I'll blog more when I have had some sleep.
Before the media links. We have been updating the www.microsoft.com/interop website and will continue to do so. The site had to wait for the ink to be dry on the deal before we could build it, so it is not much more than some text blocks today. I've got folks working on that, and we will continue to update it as more info becomes available and as things like the tech collab work starts to get off the ground.
OK - here are the links:
AFX
Microsoft to partner with Linux rival Novell - report
By: Staff Writer
November 2, 2006 20:05
http://www.lse.co.uk/FinanceNews.asp?shareprice=&ArticleRef=90170&ArticleHeadline=Microsoft_to_partner_with_Linux_rival_Novell__report
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Ars Technica
Strange bedfellows: Microsoft, Novell ink pact
By Eric Bangeman
November 2, 2006
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061102-8141.html
The Associated Press
Microsoft, Novell May Partner on Linux
By Michael Liedke
Nov. 2, 2006,
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4306226.html
BetaNews
WSJ: Microsoft and Novell to Announce Linux Partnership
By Scott M. Fulton, III
http://www.betanews.com/article/WSJ_Microsoft_and_Novell_to_Announce_SUSE_Linux_Partnership/1162497930
Bloomberg
Microsoft, Novell Agree to Make Software Compatible, People Say
By Jonathan Thaw
Full Text Here
Novell Shares Surge After Report of Agreement With Microsoft
By Rochelle Garner
Nobember 2, 2006
Full Text here
Barron’s Online (update 1)
Microsoft In Pact With Novell On Sales Support For Suse Linux; Novell Shares Jump, Red Hat Falls
By Eric Savitz
November 2, 2006, 2:54 pm
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2006/11/02/wsj-microsoft-in-pact-with-novell-on-sales-support-for-suse-linux-novell-shares-jump-red-hat-falls/
CBC News
Microsoft, Novell team up to bridge divide
Staff
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2006/11/02/tech-msnovell-061101.html
ZDNET (AU)
Cleveland Leader
Microsoft, Linux Forge Partnership
By Julie
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/632
Desktoplinux.com
Microsoft, Novell announce Linux partnership
By: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3846469708.html
Dow Jones News Service
Microsoft, Novell Partnership Shows Linux Is Here To Stay
By Carmen Fleetwood
2 November 2006
Full text here
Enterprise Open Source Magazine
Novell Shares Spike 20% As Wall St Journal Reports Microsoft To Start Reselling SUSE LINUX
Red Hat Shares in the Meantime Fall 3.2%
By: Enterprise Open Source News Desk
Nov. 2, 2006
http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/294951.htm
Forbes
Microsoft Linux?
By Daniel Lyons
http://www.forbes.com/business/businesstech/2006/11/02/linux-opensource-microsoft-tech-enter-cz_dl_1102linux.html
IDG News Service
Reports: Microsoft, Novell to strike Linux deal
Elizabeth Montalbano
November 02, 2006
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9004723
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ComputerWorld
InfoWorld
itWire
Microsoft deal with Novell to support Suse Linux
By Stan Beer
November 3, 2006
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/6849/53/
MarketWatch
Microsoft follows Oracle into Linux market: report
By Ben Charny
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?siteid=mktw&guid=%7BEEF34C41-480F-4ABC-9D0F-E5BC53E5C552%7D
Puget Sound Business Journal
Microsoft signs deal with Novell
By: Staff
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2006/10/30/daily33.html?surround=lfn
Ramblings of a Twisted Mind (blog)
Nov. 2nd, 2006 at 9:55 PM
http://sekl.livejournal.com/520204.html
Red Herring (Update 2)
Holy $%@&*!: Microsoft, Novell in Linux Pact
The deal could position Microsoft to blunt rival Oracle's Linux push.
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=19526&hed=Holy+Source+Code!%26nbsp%3BMicrosoft%2C+Novell+in+Linux+Pact§or=Industries&subsector=Computing
The Register (UK)
Microsoft to support Novell's cancer
By Gavin Clarke in San Francisco → More by this authorPublished
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/microsoft_novell_linux/
Reuters
UPDATE 2-Microsoft, Novell reach agreement on Linux-source
By Staff
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-11-02T205621Z_01_N02410271_RTRIDST_0_TECH-MICROSOFT-NOVELL-UPDATE-2.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna
Reuters (update 1)
Microsoft, Novell to link on open-source-WSJ
Thu Nov 2, 2006 2:32pm ET
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-11-02T193223Z_01_WEN8954_RTRIDST_0_TECH-MICROSOFT-NOVELL-URGENT.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna
Red Herring
Microsoft, Novell in Linux Pact
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=19526&hed=Microsoft%2C+Novell+in+Linux+Pact§or=Industries&subsector=Computing
San Jose Mercury News
Micosoft reported to strike a deal with Novell's open-source Linux
By Ryan Blitstein
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/15913096.htm
San Jose Mercury News online
Tabloid shockers: Will Microsoft hook up with Novell? Has Nvidia dumped downtown S.J.?
By Frank Michael Russell
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/columnists/15913223.htm
TheStreet.com
Microsoft, Novell in Linux Link
By Bill Snyder
http://www.thestreet.com/_googlen/newsanalysis/techsoftware/10319640.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
SYS-CON Media
http://linux.sys-con.com/read/294951.htm
UPI News
Microsoft Corp to form partnership with Novell Inc
November 2nd, 2006
http://www.alaskareport.com/z44726.htm
Vnunet.com
Microsoft and Novell rumored in Linux partnership
By Tom Sanders
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2167881/microsoft-parnters-novell-linux
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Wall Street Journal (The Evening Wrap Up)
Microsoft, Novell in Linux Partnership
By Tim Annett
WordPress
Microsoft to announce partnership with Novell?
Posted by rexdixon
http://rexdixon.wordpress.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-to-announce-partnership-with-novell/
Blogs
Bink.nu (blog)
Microsoft, Novell reach agreement on Linux-source
By Bink
http://bink.nu/Article8716.bink
Blogspot (blog)
Microsoft and Novell - Foes Now Friends?
Posted by MR WAVETHEORY
http://mrwavetheory.blogspot.com/2006/11/microsoft-and-novell-foes-now-friends.html
Blogging Stocks (blog)
Microsoft And Linux: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
By Douglas McIntyre
http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-and-linux-keep-your-friends-close-and-your-enemies-cl/
Channel 9.com (blog)
Microsoft Linux - it's official.
Posted by: Rossj
http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=252476#252476
CNet News.com (blog)
Microsoft to do a Linux deal with Novell?
By Stephen Shankland
http://news.com.com/2061-10805_3-6131982.html
CRN (Barb Darrow's Unblog)
Hell Freezes Over And Microsoft, Novell Team On Linux
By Barbara Darrow,
http://www.crn.com/sections/microsoft/microsoft.jhtml?articleId=193501427
Foogazi.com (blog)
Linux Software on Windows?
By: adam k
http://www.foogazi.com/2006/11/02/linux-software-on-windows/
Geekzone (blog)
Microsoft and Novell Announce Collaboration on Windows and Linux Interoperability and Support
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=6802
GizBuzz (blog)
Microsoft and Novell entering Linux-based partnership
By: Chris
http://gizbuzz.co.uk/2006/microsoft-and-novell-entering-linux-based-partnership/
INFOWORLD TECH WATCH (Blog)
Three reasons why Microsoft will put Linux on their desktop
Posted by Ephraim Schwartz
http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/008696.html
Kung Fu Apps (Blog)
Microsoft Partners With Novell
Raj Bala
http://www.kungfuapps.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-partners-with-novell/
Neowin.net (blog)
Microsoft to Announce Linux Partnership
Posted by Tom Warren
http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=35972
NixCraft (blog)
Microsoft is all set to help Novell Linux
Posted by nixcraft
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/microsoft-is-all-set-to-help-novell-linux.html
Seattle P-I (blog)
Report: Microsoft, Novell in Linux partnership
By Todd Bishop
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/108286.asp
Seattle Times (blog)
What's Steve gonna say? Linux love...
By Benjamin J. Romano
http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/techtracks/archives/2006/11/02/
Slashdot (blog)
Posted by Zonk
http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/06/11/02/1957252.shtml
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Tech News (Blog)
Microsoft + Linux = Minix?
Posted by Jeremy Steele
http://www.nusuni.com/technewsblog/2006/11/02/microsoft-linux-minix/
PlasmaDiary.com: http://trenddiary.com/plasmadiary/2006/11/02/microsoft-linux-minix/
ZDNET(blog)
The world just isn’t ready for Linux Posted
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/index.php?p=133
ZDNet (blog)
Microsoft and Novell: Fox marries chicken, both move into henhouse
By Dana Gardner
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Gardner/index.php?p=2369
ZDNET (blog)
Microsoft and Novell in Windows-Linux deal?
By Ed Bott
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/index.php?p=167
Might Microsoft and Novell make a deal?
By: Mary Jo Foley
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=78
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