Linux-Watch: How Do You Feel About Novell's Microsoft Deal? | Linux Today

Linux-Watch: How Do You Feel About Novell’s Microsoft Deal?

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SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Nov 9, 2006

“Novell wants to know what you think about its recent patent and
Linux deal with Microsoft, so it’s offering an open survey to its
users. The survey opened recently on Novell’s ‘Cool Solutions’
site.

“People who hate this plan for Novell and Microsoft to work
together will find the short survey disappointing. Rather than ask
for a thumbs-up or thumbs-down on the agreement, it focuses on what
aspects of the agreement–patent protection, virtualization,
document formatting interoperability, and so on–you think are the
most important…”

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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