Novell, SCO: When FUD Comes Calling

“Last week, Novell announced its third-quarter results,
revealing a decline in net revenue from $245 million in Q3 last
year to $216 million in the same period this year. But within that,
revenue from Linux Platform Products was up 22 percent to $38
million.

“But beware. FUD is in operation here. Back in November 2006
Microsoft and Novell entered an agreement under the terms of which
Microsoft provided a covenant to Novell’s Linux customers that it
would not sue them if it turned out that Linux infringed certain
unspecified Microsoft patents, as the Redmond company had suddenly
started claiming in 2004. Novell also agreed to provide a similar
covenant to Microsoft customers.”

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