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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 13 January 2007 20:01 \__
>
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>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Novell, Microsoft Building Bridges
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Also, we have agreed to provide each other's customers with patent
>>>| coverage for our leading products. This patent protection lets us
>>>| offer our customers the highest levels of interoperability, with
>>>| assurance that both companies stand behind their solutions. On a
>>>| foundation of respect for software patents and other intellectual
>>>| property, we have built a bridge for customers between the two
>>>| worlds of open-source and proprietary software.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.moreinterop.com/
>>>
>>> Shakespeare wags a finger at Microsoft/Novell pact ... has plenty to say
>>> about other tech matters, too.
>>
>> The "respect for software patents" would seem to indicate that Novell
>> are not interested in markets outside of the US and Australia, which are
>> the only major economies which recognise software patents. All other
>> major economies have spotted the stupidity of them. I hope all those
>> thousands of developers who've contributed to linux appreciate Novell
>> making money from their work whilst implying that it broke the law in
>> some way. These are not pleasant people.
>
> The problem is, much to our misfortune, that Novell advertises itself in
> Europe under the heading of patent-protected Linux. This was discussed in
> Groklaw before. They mess about with people's mind, essentially doing
> Microsoft's dirty work of changing perception and assassinating the image of
> GNU/Linux.
>
This is not something needed in Europe, of course, and as you say, are
clearly willing to do any amount of dirty work for Microsoft.
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