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Microsoft + Novell = Monopoly 2.0?
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| But is Microsoft really so stupid that they would write a $100M check to prop
| up a message that nobody believes? I don't believe so, and I especially don't
| believe so given that nobody in the world of open source is asking Microsoft
| to keep propping up Novell. My conclusion, especially given the lack of
| response from Sam Ramji, is that Microsoft knows perfectly well what it is
| doing. Microsoft's good-faith effort at technology innovation, Vista, has
| failed, and so they are resorting to their true core competency, updated to
| the 21st century: Monopoly 2.0.
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| Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Asay may be right
| that Microsoft is throwing away their money, in which case customers and
| shareholders may wish to be less generous sharing their money with Microsoft.
| Or Microsoft may be pursuing a new way to undermine open source--is that
| something you want to support?
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http://opensource.org/node/363
They even link to Boycott Novell. Same with ComputerWorld.
Recent:
Memo to Microsoft: Put up or shut up on patent claims
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| They have signed innumerable contracts based on the claims, contracts which
| assume the truth of the claims, and caused the production of products whose
| chief selling point is that their makers admit the legitimacy of the claims.
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| Microsoft seems in no hurry to change the status quo. They are not going to
| put up, in the form of a lawsuit. They are not going to shut up, either,
| given the commercial advantages they have created.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2460
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