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November 3, 2006

Novell 和 Microsoft 至开源社区的公开信

Filed under: Tech

是昨天的消息,微软和网威在多方面达成了谅解,并将在业务和技术领域开展多项合作,让双方的产品能更好的协同工作。这个声明就像《新闻联播》一样干巴巴的,但是传递出一个重要的信号,微软对 GNU/Linux 的态度和以前相比有了180度的转变。要不是我亲眼看到 Ballmer 说的话

They said it couldn’t be done. This is a new model and a true evolution of our relationship that we think customers will immediately find compelling because it delivers practical value by bringing two of their most important platform investments closer together, … We’re excited to work with Novell, whose strengths include its heritage as a mixed-source company. Resolving our patent issues enables a combined focus on virtualization and Web services management to create new opportunities for our companies and our customers

还真难以相信,他5年之前说过

Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches.

唯一的解释就是利益使然,而不是他对 GNU/Linux 的了解得更多了。在商场上,有句老话说得好,“没有永久的朋友,也没有永久的敌人,只有永久的利益”。当两家公司面临一个共同的威胁的时候,他们结成了暂时的同盟。表面上是鲜花和美酒,私底下说的是“先把那家伙做了再说”。

除去这些出于我个人阴暗的心理而作出的猜测不谈, 公开信还是说了许多让人感兴趣的东西:

  • 让Novell的工程师和Microsoft 的工程师合作开发 OpenOffice 的插件,让 OpenOffice 也能支持 Office Open XML。但是,文中有些语焉不详。
    We will also distribute the Office Open XML plug-in in our own edition of OpenOffice.
    难道这个 plug-in 将不会被提交到 OpenOffice.org 的上游么?如果是这样的话,我等非 SuSE 用户岂不是无福消受这个好处了么?
  • 在 GNOME 平台上越来越多的项目开始使用 Mono 时,像我这种桌面用户也不得不开始关注 Mono 起来。在今后的5年间,Microsoft 会和 Novell 一起改进 Mono。这个消息恐怕是比较容易被忽略的。因为在声明里,Novell 强调的是虚拟化技术、用于服务器管理的网络服务,和 MS Office 的文件格式问题。 Mono 只是在和 OpenOffice 以及 Samba 并列出来,作为专利协议的一项适用对象而已。但是,文中也说了:

    All of these technologies will be improved upon during the 5 years of the agreement.

    Novell customers can use these technologies, secure in the knowledge that Microsoft and Novell are working together to offer the best possible joint solution.

    不知道是不是我太乐观了,导致误读了这几句话。

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