On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 03:16:47PM -0800, Chris Louden wrote:
> I make no effort to hide my disdain for MS. Perhaps that is
> close-minded of me. I'm ok with that. Besides I'm comfortable making
> an ass of myself.
>
> Please share the details. I honestly cannot see any benefit to this
> other then a short term financial one for both sides. How can Linux
> benefit from this?
Linux benefits because:
- more people start using it
- Microsoft stops telling people that there might be patent
issues in Linux.
- Microsoft will never try to assert any patent issues against
any open source project.
- Microsoft stops trash-talking Linux
In short, it's just one more step in our main goal for Linux.
Oh, and here are some links with some details:
http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/faq.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/openletter.html
Hope this helps,
greg k-h
