Does Microsoft's Settlement Fever Signal IP Offensive?
"Microsoft's $536 million settlement with rival Novell is certain to raise eyebrows, as the agreement is another in a closely packed string of settlements that the software giant has reached with opposing litigants in the past year. In dispatching so many suits in such a short period of time for a breathtaking sum of money, the company has taken a significant number of items off the to-do lists of its attorneys and executives..."
"Microsoft's alliance with Sun seems to have been the turning point. The old saying "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" seems to apply here. Sun and Microsoft are competitors in the enterprise server space but both are threatened by any widespread adoption of Linux in the enterprise..."
