Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:37:19 -0500 | From | Gene Heskett <> | Subject | Re: Faustian Pact between Novell and Microsoft |
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On Tuesday 07 November 2006 15:14, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: >Jeff V. Merkey wrote: >> Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: >>> On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 09:18 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: >>> [...] >>> >>>> This is a watershed moment for Linux. It fundamentally changes the >>>> rules of the game. We're really excited about this deal, and we hope >>>> you are too. >>>> >>>> (from http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/openletter.html) only >>>> make it worse, but acquisition? I'd hope not even mickey$oft has >>>> enough cash for _that_. >>> >>> And the first point in the list is "patents" .... >>> >>> Bernd >> >> I can see the lights are coming on now for some folks now. >> Jeff > ><snip> > >/"Microsoft made it clear that only SUSE users and developers, as well >as unsalaried Linux developers, are protected. 'Let me be clear about >one thing, we don't license our intellectual property to Linux because >of the way Linux licensing GPL framework works, that's not really a >possibility,' said Microsoft chief executive, Steve Ballmer. 'Novell is >actually just a proxy for its customers, and it's only for its >customers,' he added. 'This does not apply to any forms of Linux other >than Novell's SUSE Linux. And if people want to have peace and >interoperability, they'll look at Novell's SUSE Linux. If they make >other choices, they have all of the compliance and intellectual property >issues that are associated with that.'" > ></snip> > >And those lights are bright indeed .... > >Jeff
Amen, Jeff, now where did I put my sunglasses, I want to watch this as carefully as I watched the SCO debacle, at least till the outcome is carved in legal decisions rendered. In a pinch I can go get my welding helmet, its can auto-darken to ND13. But at that brightness, I want all bare skin covered too, else instant sunburns...
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