“It’s entirely possible that Novell is about to get fleeced, and
that GNU/Linux will take a hit in the process, and Microsoft has a
history of playing the Big Bad. But are we really being smart to
always assume that Microsoft will win every battle it enters?“Novell lawyers pulled some fairly smooth legal judo against SCO
only a few months ago. I think it might be a little early to call a
winner. Eben Moglen and some other observers have noted the
peculiar and difficult to predict consequences of the kind of deal
that is being reported…”
Free Software Magazine: Who’s Playing Whom?
By
Terry Hancock
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