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- From: mzwick@vitro.com (Morris J. Zwick)
- Subject: Re: >>>>>> Novell to buy USL
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.131010.3897@vitro.com>
- Sender: news@vitro.com (USENET News System)
- Organization: Vitro Corporation
- References: <ssimmons.725550746@convex.convex.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 13:10:10 GMT
- Lines: 29
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- In article <ssimmons.725550746@convex.convex.com> ssimmons@convex.com (Steve
- Simmons) writes:
- >> However, as I posted earlier, this move by Novell is basically a symptom
- >> of the pressure Microsoft is applying to them. They are desperate. It
- >> is my unqualified opinon that this move will destroy Novell just as
- >> Borland is suffocating from their purchase of AT.
- >
- >Good point; however, there is one main difference. The FTC is watching
- >Microsoft very closely now and Microsoft may be divided into smaller
- >pieces. This may even kill Windows/NT. As we all know, a product is
- >more likely to be killed by negative externalities then for good
- >technical reasons.
- >
-
- I doubt that the FTC will do anything so drastic. Unfortunately (IMHO) NT will
- probably be very successful.
-
- I heard another rumor the other day that Apple was considering buying Novell,
- or at least trying to develop some cooperative agreement. I haven't heard
- anything further.
-
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