Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Microsoft deal good for Linux - Novell SA chief
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> | More Linux companies should look at striking a deal with Microsoft.
> | This is the line from Novell SA country manager Stafford Masie who was
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> | speaking at the CITI Foss Forum in Cape Town last week.
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> | "This deal is not an exclusive arrangement with Microsoft. We are
> | encouraging Redhat, Ubuntu and others to consider a similar agreement
> | with Microsoft. We are encouraging them ... especially from a
> | patent perspective," said Masie.
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> | "We encourage Shuttleworth and the folks to go and do what we've
> | done. Investigate what we've done. Don't be fanatical about it
> | but take a look at it," said Masie.
> |
> | Masie said that the free software community should "embrace
> | Microsoft".
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> http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1309
What else do you expect him to say ? When GPL v3 takes the userland away
from Novell and they are forced to fork, they want the other big Linux
vendors to share their misery.
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