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A Windows Vista with XGL Desktop Instead of Aero?
Thursday, November 9th, 2006
What exactly is Microsoft wining from its partnership (and possible future acquisition) with Novell?
Everybody knows today that the little Penguin just got a big hug from the big daddy, Microsoft. Novell was the lucky company to make its Linux distro available for interoperability with Windows, and to me, that was not a surprise. Actually, of all the companies out there providing open source solutions for individual customers or for enterprise, Novell seemed to me the only one to be able to accept a treaty with the enemy.
Novell was always a company that sort of tried to elude the GPL, beginning with their famous XGL desktop, developed “in house”. They got a lot of criticism for that, although offering it progressively for Linux distros like Ubuntu, Kororaa or Knoppix dampened that criticism and eventually turned the company into a worldwide hero.
I remember those days at the beginning of 2006 when everybody was so excited about Novell’s XGL and on the emergent YouTube you would find lots of videos detailing the power of seduction of Novell’s product.
At that time everyone was commenting on how nice and sweet and extraordinary is XGL compared to what Windows XP is offering and how this new desktop will totally pawn Microsoft’s OS. A Windows Vista with XGL Desktop Instead of Aero? - Tech News - Playfuls.com - Science & Technology
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