"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Payback time for Novell
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> | As for the payment made by Novell, it validates the arrangement as
> | a business contract by setting up an exchange of consideration. I'm
> | not a lawyer, but I believe that if Microsoft just handed a bouquet
> | over to Novell to prevent Novell v. Microsoft, Microsoft could later
> | welsh on the deal by contesting the alleged misdeeds that Novell used
> | as leverage. This is all conjecture, of course, but two absolute
> | truths remain: Payback is, indeed, a bitch, and Microsoft is
> | entitled to a share. And at present, it sucks to be Steve Ballmer.
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> http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1405242481;fp;2;fpid;3
It is hard to fathom this conclusion, in my opinion. I would gladly trade
my situation for his. Have you seen his boat?
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