Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754173AbWKGKSH (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 05:18:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754179AbWKGKSH (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 05:18:07 -0500 Received: from ns.firmix.at ([62.141.48.66]:37801 "EHLO ns.firmix.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754173AbWKGKSF (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 05:18:05 -0500 Subject: Re: Faustian Pact between Novell and Microsoft From: Bernd Petrovitsch To: Pavel Machek Cc: "Jeffrey V. Merkey" , Petr Baudis , Linux kernel In-Reply-To: <20061107081826.GD21655@elf.ucw.cz> References: <454A7BBB.10403@wolfmountaingroup.com> <20061103014907.GG11916@pasky.or.cz> <454AB477.9040107@wolfmountaingroup.com> <20061107081826.GD21655@elf.ucw.cz> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Firmix Software GmbH Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:17:42 +0100 Message-Id: <1162894662.19866.15.camel@tara.firmix.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-4.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.402 () AWL,BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 860 Lines: 23 On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 09:18 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote: [...] > This is a watershed moment for Linux. It fundamentally changes the > rules of the game. We're really excited about this deal, and we hope > you are too. > > (from http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/openletter.html) only make > it worse, but acquisition? I'd hope not even mickey$oft has enough > cash for _that_. And the first point in the list is "patents" .... Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/