Autor: Gregorio Kus (Grego_at_RMnet.IT)
Data: Wed 15 Nov 1995 - 11:10:00 MET
Mam nadzieje, ze ubawi Was to tak jak mnie ubawilo:
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PRESS RELEASE: Novell admits aiding Microsoft
In a joint press conference early this morning, the Chief Executives
of Microsoft and Novell revealed that their companies had been
working together to increase Microsoft's dominance of the computer
industry. In a secret partnership with Microsoft, Novell has been
strategically acquiring Microsoft's major competitors in the software
industry and ruining them.
The relationship goes back a number of years, according to Microsoft
Chairman Bill Gates. "[Digital Research's] DR-DOS 5.0 was ten times
the operating system that MS-DOS 4.01 was. We couldn't even steal
technology fast enough to compete. That was when we first contacted
Novell." Under direction from Microsoft, Novell then purchased
Digital Research, a small California company best known for its CP/M
operating system.
Novell CEO Bob Frankenburg continued, "We let the developers release
DR-DOS 6.0, which unfortunately was a success, but then we jumped in
with both feet. By the time we were done with it, Novell DOS 7
wouldn't even interoperate well with NetWare!" All development
on Digitial Research's product was subsequently halted
in September 1994.
Frankenberg also explained their second target. "When it became
obvious that Windows NT wouldn't be able to hold a candle to Unix,
it was agreed that Novell should buy Unix Systems Laboratories
from AT&T to destroy it." The destruction of Unix was accomplished
by Novell's pushing of the UnixWare abomination and by carefully
planned licensing fiascoes. "Once the damage was complete, we pushed
it off on SCO [Santa Cruz Operation] last month."
The latest joint venture was the destruction of Microsoft's
competition in the Windows application market. "Under the guise
of creating a rival suite, Novell bought up Wordperfect and Quattro
Pro," Gates explained. "With our direction, all OS/2 development was
halted and significant bugs were introduced in the release cycle.
[Microsoft] Excel wasn't half the spreadsheet that Quattro Pro was
when Borland owned it, and look at us now!" Novell's intention
to sell the PerfectOffice Suite was announced on October 30.
"We're done," said Frankenberg.
When asked about the prospect of competition from the new software
giant created by the IBM/Lotus merger, Frankenburg replied,
"We expect IBM to do a better job of destroying Lotus than we could
have ever done."
Many industry insiders were taken by surprise. "It explains a lot,"
said Hewlett Packard employee Mike Lund. "We never could figure out
what the hell Novell thought they were doing with Unix."
-- Monday, November 13, 1995
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Grego
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