Moglen: How we'll kill the Microsoft Novell deal
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| "We're going to make the deal not tenable and we urge Microsoft to back
| away as gracefully and as quickly as possible from a deal that won'tw
| ork."
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| "If GPL 3 goes into effect with these terms in it, Novell will
| suddenly becomes a patent laundry; the minute Microsoft realizes
| the laundry is under construction it will withdraw."
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/20/eben_moglen_on_microsoft_novell
Also today:
Credit Suisse downgrades Novell
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| The brokerage said the company's Linux patent deal with Microsoft will
| hurt its standing in the open source community
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20061120:MTFH38951_2006-11-20_14-39-35_BNG243628&type=comktNews&rpc=44
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