Novell chief executive Jack Messman sat down with ZDNet UK on Monday at BrainShare in Barcelona, and gave a typically combative take on the current state of the software industry. According to Messman, Microsoft is under immense pressure to ship Longhorn before Linux becomes an even more compelling alternative to Windows. "Microsoft's strategy is simple: to be able to sell something to keep their customers engaged," he said. Messman also claimed that Microsoft opted to release the WinFS file system as a separate product and ship Longhorn sooner rather than give Linux more time to mature.
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