[GRLUG] Novell, having fun are we?

[Bob Kline]

Nice in the sense that M$ is in any way being
cooperative.

Otherwise,  M$'s servers are presumably in
competition with Linux.  Some feel that if
M$ greases the skids for Linux in any way
that threatens it's own server business.

Time will tell.  It might be this is a miscalculation
on M$'s part.  It might be that it's being forced
in to the move by market realities.  Whether M$
plays nice remains to be seen. There's surely
very little precedent for that.

No sue agreement?  Gee,  I wonder what M$'s
army of lawyers could do with something like
that.....


    -Bob


On 11/5/06, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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