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Er...Um...This wasn't the headline of the article -> Re: [News] Another Article on Novell Deal Mentions Patent Rubbish

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> Novell-Microsoft Deal Is Mixed Bag
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | "People who read into the Novell-Microsoft pact that Novell has any
> | intention of doing anything other than figuring a way to sell more
> | Novell Linux -- and do it in a way that protects its customers
> | [from patent disputes] -- are seeing hobgoblins," Amy Wohl,
> | founding analyst for Wohl Associates, said.
> `----
> 
> http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/55330.html
> 
> In the recent deal with Walmart, certain facts, such as the presence of
> Red Hat Linux, was conveniently (for Microvell) omitted. Moreover, the
> Microsoft man who sold the coupons is a former Walmart exec who probably
> deliberately had patents mentioned as "a huge threat". The FUD army is
> marching. It's the next SCO.

You have to give up on it, man.   Microsoft is selling Suse.   Deal with it.

-- 
Texeme


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