:Update: Novell.com: Joint Letter to the Open Source Community From Novell and Microsoft
Update: Novell.com: Joint Letter to the Open Source Community From Novell and Microsoft Nov 3, 2006, 13 :00 UTC (30 Talkback[s]) (14009 reads)
"Today's announcement of the collaboration between Microsoft and Novell marks the beginning of a new era: Microsoft is coming to terms with Linux.
"Over the past six years, we've seen the effect that the open source community has had on Microsoft. They've shared some source code, driven community projects like IronPython and WiX, and they continue to work with a number of open source software companies like JBoss, SugarCRM, XenSource, and Zend.
"However, today's news is a big step forward for the Linux market. Today, for the first time, Microsoft is collaborating directly with a Linux and Open Source software vendor. With this news, Microsoft is saying that Linux is an important part of the IT infrastructure..."
Linux-Watch: Hell Freezes Over: Microsoft, Novell Partner on Linux
"As significant as those developments are, perhaps the biggest news is that Novell and Microsoft announced an agreement to provide each other's customers with patent coverage for their respective products. These agreements will be in place until at least 2012.
The patent cooperation agreement enables Microsoft and Novell to give customers assurance of protection against patent infringement claims. It gives customers confidence that the technologies they use and deploy in their environments are compliant with the two companies' patents..."
