Hi!
> >>>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" ....
> >I can see the lights are coming on now for some folks now.
> <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 ....
Would you care to elaborate? All sorts of red lights are "on" here
from friday, some of them flashing...
Pavel
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