Am Freitag, 3. November 2006 10:15 schrieb Dominik Jais: > Why do you guys always think that open source is the best and closed source > is the hell. It's pretty simple to have a coexistens of both. Open your > minde. Open source is not just the best way; it's one way, out of many. And > remember the time where Novell Clients where running on Windows systems. > Why be scared?
Maybe because of this: "Office Open XML Novell engineers have been working for the last year together with Microsoft engineers through the ECMA TC45 working group in producing a complete specification that would allow for interoperability across office suites. Novell will develop the code necessary to bring support for Office Open XML into OpenOffice, and we will contribute that support back to the OpenOffice.org organization. We will also distribute the Office Open XML plug-in in our own edition of OpenOffice. In addition, we will participate in the Open XML Translator open source project." Source: http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/openletter.html And of that: "One of the questions yet to be settled is whether Novell will violate the GPL, the license of the Linux kernel and other important software, by offering patent protection that is exclusive to Novell customers. The press release pretty much stated that. On that topic, the preamble of the GPL says it best: We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the program proprietary. To prevent this, we have made it clear that any patent must be licensed for everyone's free use or not licensed at all. Novell has clearly accepted that license. But it appears that they are now out to make patent protection a business differentiator." Source: http://technocrat.net/d/2006/11/2/9945 But maybe it's all _not_ about money ;-) -- Üdvözlettel -- Mit freundlichen Grüssen, Marcel Hilzinger --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
