Dinner with Microsoft: Red Hat on the Menu?
May 12, 2005, 01:00 (20 Talkback[s])
Doc Searl's IT Garage: Conceivable?
"When I read Microsoft-Red Hat Warming Trend on CNET, a question
leaped to mind:
"Would Microsoft buy Red Hat?
"Money surely wouldn't be a problem. PR surely would be..."
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ZDNet: Is Microsoft Considering Acquisition of Red Hat?
"So, how might have that come up in a discussion between the
two? And, how might such a move play out? Feel free to comment
below, but here are a few thoughts. As I've written before, an
agreement between Sun and Microsoft has subtley positioned
Microsoft to go on the intellectual property offensive against Red
Hat. If OpenOffice infringes on Microsoft's intellectual property
(IP) and if Red Hat's distribution of OpenOffice with Linux all
these years turns out to be worthy of damages (backpay), the damage
to Red Hat would be unimaginable..."
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