[GRLUG] Novell, having fun are we?

[Michael Mol]

Who's saying MS is being nice?  Novell caters to businesses and large
organizations.  That same of group of people is Microsoft's meal
ticket. (Where do you think newbie home users get their
brainwa^Wtraining from?)

This is likely a move by Microsoft to integrate their product with
popular tools like Novell's network environment.  This deal gives
Microsoft easier access to Novell's networking IP, not because they're
letting customers run Linux on Windows machines, but because of the
patent cross-licensing agreement (or was it a no-sue agreement?).

On 11/5/06, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> Why did M$ do that?  Just to try to establish
> that it was not a monopoly?
>
> It will be amusing to watch the M$ - Novell
> episode unfold.  Hopefully M$ won't turn out
> to be Caldera on steroids. I have to believe
> that it would cause a major stink if M$ started
> suing all things Linux now,  but that doesn't
> mean it won't happen.
>
> Otherwise,  its motives are still unclear.  M$
> the nice guy just doesn't wash.
>
>     -Bob
>
>
> On 11/5/06, Ron Lauzon <rlauzon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Microsoft did that back during the anti-trust trial when they admitted
> > that Linux was a competitor.
> >
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