Linux, Dell, Novell, Microsoft... part 2
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| As I predicted here about two months ago, Dell has announced that it will
| offer its customers a neat package of Dell hardware, Suse Linux software, and
| Microsoft patents.
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| It's very clear what is happening. Linux is now the de-facto commodity
| operating system for servers. Microsoft, having gone through the
| ignore-laugh-fight-lose cycle has now realised that it can turn patent troll
| on Linux and jump ahead a full business cycle, going from commercial server
| operating system to IPR revenue model without the messy free software step in
| between.
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| “How do you make money from free software?”, asked the VC. “Patents”, came
| the answer from the lawyer.
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http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-9066/linux-dell-novell-microsoft-part-2
OpenSUSE's first governing board is set up
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| Novell has recently decided to start setting openSUSE free from direct Novell
| oversight by setting up the first openSUSE board of directors.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7472787860.html
Related:
Novell uses Microsoft FUD to market itself
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| That these claims also could be taken to mean that Novell is developing a
| non-standard Linux, one that is skewed only towards working with Windows,
| appears to have escaped Novell.
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| In other words, Novell has an "in" with Microsoft which Red Hat does not;
| Utah and Redmond are in bed together and Red Hat is an intruder.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/14695/1091/
Speaking of Linux and the spirit of open source
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| Novell doesn't need to urinate in the pool from which it hopes to build its
| future, but that is precisely what it is doing. It can and should do better.
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9788233-16.html
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