The cooperation between Microsoft and Novell will lead to the loss of RedHat customers

On Tuesday, Microsoft and Novell announced a report of a survey jointly commissioned by Penn, scholar & amp; BerlandAssociates. According to the report, the agreements signed by the two companies will lead to the loss of RedHat customers. Penn, scholar & amp; BerlandAssociates interviewed IT professionals 201 times and asked them about vendor partnerships, Windows and Linux interoperability on Tuesday, microsoft and Novell announced a report they commissioned Penn, schöen & Berland Associates to conduct a survey. According to the report, the agreement signed by the two companies will lead to the loss of Red Hat customers.
Penn, schöen & Berland Associates interviewed IT professionals 201 times and asked them about vendor partnerships, Windows and Linux interoperability issues. The interview was conducted two weeks after Novell and Microsoft announced their agreement, and 2/3 of respondents knew the deal.
The survey found that more than 905 of respondents were optimistic about improving the interoperability between products of platform providers. In addition, the survey also shows that Microsoft's goal of making Novell the preferred Linux provider is achieved. 80% of respondents agree that if they form a technical alliance with Microsoft, my organization will consider purchasing more products from Linux vendors.
The investigation also inquired about the customer's views on intellectual property rights and possible legal liabilities. 71% of respondents agreed that I prefer to deploy Linux with Intellectual Property Rights, which reduces the risk of the company being sued.