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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