Microsoft Watch: Red Hat Rejects Patent Agreement with Microsoft | Linux Today

Microsoft Watch: Red Hat Rejects Patent Agreement with Microsoft

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 16, 2006

“Microsoft is in an awkward position now that Red Hat has
slammed the door shut on any possibility of entering into a patent
protection deal similar to the one Redmond has with Novell.

“While Microsoft has been telling anyone who will listen that it
wants to enter into a similar patent indemnity arrangement with all
the other Linux vendors, and is hopeful this will be achieveable
with Red Hat, it appears that is not going to happen…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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