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ZDNet: Why Microsoft Won’t Assault Linux

“Whenever Microsoft makes an agreement with a competitor, its
actions are viewed with a fair bit of suspicion. The recent
agreement between Novell and Microsoft is no exception. Plenty
around the blogosphere wondered aloud where the exploding pens were
hidden, and on ZDNet, David Berlind believed that the Novell
agreement, coupled with previous agreements with Sun, leaves the
way clear for Microsoft to make a full legal assault on both
RedHat–vendor of the leading Linux distribution–and open source
products in general…”

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