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Current Newswire: Amahi Linux Home Server 4.2 Matthias Ettrich Receives German Federal Cross of Merit Using Windows Is Like... Installing Ubuntu 9.10 Hands-on: OpenMoko WikiReader is simple, appealing Perl far from dead, more popular than you think Microsoft Exchange alternatives Kubuntu 9.10: A Mixed Bag Could Microsoft switch to Linux? Red Hat Virtualization Manager for Windows Only? Systems Implementation Engineer II – Disk-Based Back-Up/Replication/RedHat Linux (PA) Next Step Systems US-PA-Philadelphia Post A Job | Post A Resume What the Microsoft/Xandros Deal Means for Linux Jun 12, 2007, 15 :45 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (5557 reads) (Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols) "Microsoft and Linux distributor Xandros on June 4 signed a broad set of collaboration and patent agreements that reminded many of the November 2006 Microsoft/Novell partnership. What do analysts and other Linux vendors think this new deal means for Linux? "While the FSF (Free Software Foundation) has tried to block such patent deals with the latest version of the GPLv3, Microsoft and Xandros didn't let that legal objective stop them. "Now that the deal is in place, the question is, 'What to make of it...?' Complete Story Related Stories: Catching Up(Jun 12, 2007) Memo to Xandros CEO: You're Better Off Selling Potatoes(Jun 11, 2007) 2007: Year of the Linux 'patent covenant?'(Jun 07, 2007) Xandros CEO Defends Microsoft Deal(Jun 06, 2007) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   'What to make of it...?'    GH Jun 12, 2007, 18:08:26     What people need to realize about this    Richard Steven Hack Jun 12, 2007, 20:42:44     Re: What people need to realize about this    Jose Jun 12, 2007, 23:42:13     Size Matters    Stomfi Jun 13, 2007, 00:37:09     Whar did Microsoft buy?    GreyGeek Jun 14, 2007, 01:28:34     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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