On Wednesday, November 08, 2006 @7:49 PM, James Knott wrote: >James Knott wrote: >> James Knott wrote: >>> don wrote: >>>> On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 06:20 -0500, James Knott wrote: >>>>> John Andersen wrote: >>>>>> On Tuesday 07 November 2006 16:47, James Knott wrote: >>>>>>> simply an agreement not >>>>>>> to sue, should such an issue arise. >>>>>> Protection Money. Plain and simple. >>>>>> Pay me 300 dollars every month and I'll see to it your store doesn't burn >>>>>> down. >>>>>> >>>>> MS is paying Novell more than 8x what Novell pays MS. >>>>> >>>> James, I'd like to know your source of the above info. If you've a copy of their, Novell >>>> & Microsoft's, signed agreements/contracts, I sure would appreciate obtaining a copy of each >>>> or the site at which the copies could be obtained. There are too many, in my estimation, >>>> rumor's and hypothesis as to just what this arrangement means to us in >>>> the Linux movement and they need to be clarified. >>>> >>>> Thx, Don >>>> >>>> >>> This is one link that was on Groklaw. >>> >>> <http://news.com.com/Microsoft+paying+Novell+308+million+for+Linux+pact/2100 -1014_3-6133361.html> >>> >>> >> >> Here's another. There have been several with these details. >> >> >Hmmm... I might have forgot something. > ><http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7235986827.html>
The part about Novell owing Wells Fargo a big chunk of change adds a new perspective to the deal with Microsoft, whether that played any role in it or not. Greg Wallace --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
