____/ Peter Köhlmann on Wednesday 23 January 2008 09:38 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> ____/ Peter Köhlmann on Wednesday 23 January 2008 08:57 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> ____/ jim on Wednesday 23 January 2008 04:29 : \____
>>>>
>>> < snip >
>>>
>>>>> Is OPENSuse (possibly poisoned) under the same Microsoft licensing
>>>>> agreement that Microsoft reached with Novell concerning SUSE?
>>>>
>>>> There is a more accurate assessment of this in Groklaw (search for
>>>> "pledge to opensuse developers"), but the impression that I get is that
>>>> Microsoft puts of them sheep in the same pen. OpenSUSE is merely helping
>>>> Novell build SLES and SLED, which are just Microsoft cash cows.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Roy, they are *not* MS cash cows.
>>> Novell has a net profit from that agreement with MS
>>>
>>> You might disagree with their stance, but fact is that companies thinking
>>> of using linux tend to think rather different about that matter. They
>>> prefer dealing with Novell precisely because they interoperate with MS
>>
>> Okay, I won't argue with you on this subject, but I *do* hope that you are
>> aware of the fact that for each sale of SLED and SLES Microsoft *does*
>> get paid. The deal with Novell made it explicit that the payment is for
>> software patents, which are illegal in Germany.
>>
>
> Well, when will you start to be correct about that Novell/MS deal?
>
> Because that dribble above certainly is *not*
Well, then I'm glad I raised it because it is true. Which part of it do you
believe to be incorrect?
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