__/ [ John Bailo ] on Tuesday 23 January 2007 21:44 \__
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/microsoft-novell-win-wal-mart-linux/story.aspx?guid=%7B06E75EBB-A70E-4D37-AF40-F286E9F3225C%7D
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> PALO ALTO, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Novell
> Inc. (NOVL) said Tuesday that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) became the
> latest customer to take advantage of the two companies' collaboration on
> Linux and Windows.
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> Under the agreement, Wal-Mart will begin using Novell's SUSE Linux, the
> open-source computer operating system, and Novell will provide support
> for the software, receiving pre-paid support certificates from Microsoft.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6152247.html
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| 'She said the intellectual property protections in the Novell deal
| give Wal-Mart more confidence in using Linux more broadly.
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| Questions over intellectual property are a "huge problem," Stewart
| said. The company now uses Linux in the data center of its current Web
| presence but had some trepidation with the idea of expanding it a much
| larger operation.
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| "To think about using it pervasively, we were very concerned about it,"
| she said. The larger Web operation would have "significantly higher legal
| exposure."'
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And yet more FUD from the Microvell propaganda machine. Novell implicitly
suggests that Linux needs to pay money for software patents infringement.
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