Why Red Hat doesn't need a deal with Microsoft
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| What is transparent is the message coming out of one side of Microsoft's
| mouth which tries to convince customers there is a threat of legal
| action against them should they dare to use Linux and/or open source
| software without paying Microsoft for the privilege. The biggest
| unknowns in the Xandros and Linspire deals is how much money
| Microsoft paid them to bolster that message.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/115066
The Distros Microsoft Missed
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| And no matter what company or distribution you prefer to use, I think we
| should all give Mandriva a big round of applause for doing the right
| thing when it would have been so easy to take the deal and bolster
| their company's bottom line.
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| So yes, Microsoft landed Novell, Xandros, and Linspire. But they didn't
| get the biggest Linux company. Or the one that's the most popular right
| now. Or even the one that perhaps could have used the help more than any
| other distro.
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http://www.linuxtoday.com/it_management/2007062202826OPMDLL
First they paid SCO, and now they pay Novell, Xandros, and Linspire. This
should not be legal, but politicians look the other way.
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