> Of course, Novell is now offering indemnification for its SUSE (SLES) > customers. An interesting, but not surprising move.
More fun than even that. Monday 12 January 2004, 13:30pm: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040112/lam085_1.html Press Release Source: The SCO Group "SCO Responds to OSDL "If vendors feel so confident with the intellectual property foundation under their massive contributions into Linux, then they should put their money where their mouth is and protect end users with true vendor-based indemnification," said Darl McBride, president and CEO, The SCO Group, Inc." Tuesday 13 January 2004, 12:01am: "Novell Supports Enterprise Linux Customers with New Linux Indemnification Program PROVO, Utah, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novell today announced it will offer its SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server customers a new indemnification program designed to provide an additional measure of protection against certain intellectual property challenges to Linux." Right on, Novell (though it ain't cheap) - a press release remarkably free of typos within 12 hours. May I take this opportunity of welcoming Novell back into the corporate space - even though I doubt they know they're in it? -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.com +44 7785 302 803
