Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753727AbWKGWOX (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 17:14:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753730AbWKGWOX (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 17:14:23 -0500 Received: from ns.firmix.at ([62.141.48.66]:33975 "EHLO ns.firmix.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753700AbWKGWOW (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 17:14:22 -0500 Subject: Re: Faustian Pact between Novell and Microsoft From: Bernd Petrovitsch To: "Jeff V. Merkey" Cc: Pavel Machek , Petr Baudis , Linux kernel In-Reply-To: <4550BA59.1000701@wolfmountaingroup.com> References: <454A7BBB.10403@wolfmountaingroup.com> <20061103014907.GG11916@pasky.or.cz> <454AB477.9040107@wolfmountaingroup.com> <20061107081826.GD21655@elf.ucw.cz> <1162894662.19866.15.camel@tara.firmix.at> <4550BA59.1000701@wolfmountaingroup.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: http://www.firmix.at/ Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:14:10 +0100 Message-Id: <1162937650.3408.2.camel@gimli.at.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1.1 (2.8.1.1-3.fc6) 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: 1335 Lines: 37 On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 09:54 -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: > > >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$oft has enough > >>cash for _that_. [...] > >And the first point in the list is "patents" .... [...] > I can see the lights are coming on now for some folks now. How many patenst does Novell have? Do they play in the "more than 1000 trivial, prior art and software patents" league like M$? So from Novell's point of view it is probably somewhat a cross-licensing deal. "What does M$ really gain from it?" is the interesting question. 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/