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Re: [LUG] MS-Novell

 

On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 09:25:44AM +0000, john.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> Posted by "John Hansen" <john.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> I understand from an usually reliable source that Microsoft and Novell have 
> reached an agreement to share patents and increase compatibility between their 
> operating systems. This will affect SUSE positively and Red Hat negatively I 
> gather.
> 

Good article on Wall Street Journal

http://tinyurl.com/y7uksq

Reasons I have heard:

-   M$ have realised the error of their ways
-   Novell have screwed up
-   M$ preparing for the failure of Vista
-   M$ generating some good will

Still not quite sure why


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Henry
Fri Nov  3 10:20:30 GMT 2006

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