Will Microsoft-Novell Pact Split Linux?
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| Microsoft-Novell Linux pact will replace Microsoft-Linux feud with
| new open source rivalries.
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| PlayStation versus Xbox. Intel versus AMD. We can now scratch
| Microsoft versus open source from the long list of industry feuds
| after the Redmond, Washington-based software giant announced a tie-up
| with Linux distributor Novell Thursday. Now, however, industry experts
| say the move could result in the open-source software industry splitting
| into new camps.
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Historic Microsoft, Novell Pact Aimed To Boost SUSE Linux Business
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| Perhaps most surprising is Microsoft's commitment to distribute
| 70,000 coupons for SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 subscriptions to its
| customers that want to use Linux in Windows environments. As part
| of the deal, Microsoft and Novell also pledged to align their sales
| and marketing engines to promote use of Windows and SUSE Linux
| together.
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Historic Microsoft, Novell Pact Aimed To Boost SUSE Linux Business
Will Novell/Microsoft deal hurt Linux in devices?
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| Another Linux rival in enterprise realm, SCO, sought much the same
| thing -- royalty payments for intellectual property. However, SCO has
| yet to prove that Linux actually uses any of its IP, and hence has had
| very limited success to say the least in collecting royalties.
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| Like SCO, Microsoft has has not alluded to specific IP problems in
| Linux. During the Nov. 2 news conference announcing the deal with
| Novell, however, CEO Steve Ballmer and other Microsoft officials spoke
| half a dozen times about a need for Linux distributors to
| "respect" Microsoft's intellectual property.
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