That is the suspicion in many circles. I've linked the article which
it came up with more details below. If indeed MS did support the
attack on IBM/Novell (and Linux) who are all competitors then they
pretty fairly violate the terms of their existing anti-trust/monopoly
agreements in the US. Since the EU was the one place MS is still
trying to smokescreen this would go a long way in exposing them as well.
Again this all said with tinfoil hat firmly atop my head. What this
has done is gotten MS publicity it couldn't pay for across the LUG
world... that in itself is worth millions....
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061009152706664
On Nov 2, 2006, at 2:29 PM, Chris Louden wrote:
Didn't MS from the money to SCO for the lawsuit? Or was that just a
rumor?
On 11/2/06, Brian Friday <[email protected]> wrote:
I say whats happening is Novell has a smoking gun which clearly and
concisely states how Microsoft went/was/is going about trying to
crush linux via SCO et al.
In typical Microsoft fashion, money can solve anything so instead of
admitting it publically which would blow a huge hole in their anti-
trust/monopoly defense. They are fronting money and their "name" to
support Novell, who ironically would also be the winner in the SCO vs
Novell issues.
Course, thats what I see with my tinfoil hat on....
