On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 05:08 +0100, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > Kurt Wall wrote: > > This is now the second time that a distribution and the company behind > > has sold us down the river. The first time it was OpenLinux and Caldera. Now > > it is SLES/SLED/openSUSE and Novell. I appreciate the openSUSE != SUSE > > insofar as openSUSE is, ostensibly at least, a community project, but > > when Microsoft turns on Novell, _and they will_, I don't want to be > > around to get any on me. So long. > > >From the FAQ on the Novell site: > "Microsoft is also pledging not to assert its patents against individual, > non-commercial open source developers" > > I wouldn't call that selling the users down the river. Independent of > the fate of Novell the deal will stop worries about MS killing the open > source movement with patents. >
An opinion voiced on another list: "I wonder whether this is a preliminary to bringing patent infringement action against other Linux distributors. After all, Microsoft can't be seen to be trying to squelch Linux, as this might be regarded as anti-competitive, but trying to enforce patents against distributors who won't sign up could be a different matter." See also: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061102175508403 I hope they're wrong, I really do. But lets face it, in this world every business preaches competition but actually wants to be the monopoly provider. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
