Re: Faustian Pact between Novell and Microsoft

[Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@verizon.net>]

On Tuesday 07 November 2006 15:14, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
>Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
>> Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 09:18 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>> This is a watershed moment for Linux. It fundamentally changes the
>>>> rules of the game. We're really excited about this deal, and we hope
>>>> you are too.
>>>>
>>>> (from http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/openletter.html) only
>>>> make it worse, but acquisition? I'd hope not even mickey$oft has
>>>> enough cash for _that_.
>>>
>>> And the first point in the list is "patents" ....
>>>
>>>     Bernd
>>
>> I can see the lights are coming on now for some folks now.
>> Jeff
>
><snip>
>
>/"Microsoft made it clear that only SUSE users and developers, as well
>as unsalaried Linux developers, are protected. 'Let me be clear about
>one thing, we don't license our intellectual property to Linux because
>of the way Linux licensing GPL framework works, that's not really a
>possibility,' said Microsoft chief executive, Steve Ballmer. 'Novell is
>actually just a proxy for its customers, and it's only for its
>customers,' he added. 'This does not apply to any forms of Linux other
>than Novell's SUSE Linux. And if people want to have peace and
>interoperability, they'll look at Novell's SUSE Linux. If they make
>other choices, they have all of the compliance and intellectual property
>issues that are associated with that.'"
>
></snip>
>
>And those lights are bright indeed ....
>
>Jeff

Amen, Jeff, now where did I put my sunglasses, I want to watch this as 
carefully as I watched the SCO debacle, at least till the outcome is 
carved in legal decisions rendered.  In a pinch I can go get my welding 
helmet, its can auto-darken to ND13.  But at that brightness, I want all 
bare skin covered too, else instant sunburns...

-- 
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