On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:57:35 +0100
Ian Hilliard <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> > Ballmer on Novell, Linux and patents
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | Since the announcement of the patent and business collaboration
> > deal | between Microsoft and Novell two weeks ago, some have labeled
> > | Novell a sell-out for making the agreement. But during a session
> > | this morning at the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS)
> > | summit in Seattle, an audience member turned the question around
> > onM | icrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer, asking if the Redmond company was
> > selling | out by collaborating with a Linux vendor. Ballmer answered
> > the | question with a long explanation of the Novell deal, from his
> > | perspective. I'll post the full question and answer in the
> > | extended entry, below. In particular, it will be interesting
> > | to see how people react to Ballmer's comments on Microsoft,
> > | Linux and intellectual property -- including his view that,
> > | because of the Novell deal, "only a (Linux) customer who has
> > | Suse Linux actually has paid properly for the use of
> > | intellectual property from Microsoft." Additionally,
> > | he reiterated Microsoft's interest in striking a similar
> > | patent deal with Red Hat, something Red Hat says it won't do.
> > `----
> >
> >
> http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/archives/108806.asp?source=rss
> >
> > Not much is new, but it comes right from the horse's (or baboon's)
> > month.
>
> Microsoft didn't perhaps get a patent for "A program or series of
> programs, which provide access to hardware and present other services
> that can be used by computer software applications", did they? Seeing
> as how no one else applied for the patent, the patent office had no
> problems issuing it.
we would storm the us embassy if that happened.
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