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Red Hat, JBoss deal affecting partners
There's some fallout from the bomb dropped by Red Hat this week after announcing its intention to buy JBoss for $350 million. The two most affected companies are Microsoft and Novell. In addition to being natural rivals in the operating systems and middleware spaces, both Microsoft and Novell are JBoss technical partners. Officials at all four companies are saying that so-called coopetition is the industry norm and there's nothing to worry about. Customers, do you believe it? I don't. Email me with your thoughts.
For more on the deal's consequences:
- read this eWeek article
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