Ted Roche wrote: > So,... trying to drag this NF-thread back onto its NF topic again... > Is M$ keeping Novell alive so it has a laboratory where it can > experiment with its unholy proprietary-OpenSource hybrid abominations, > while still keeping the experiments at arms-length from Redmond? > > Is it propping up Novell as a strawman for "Open Source competitors" > to trot out in front of the EU? (So far, they haven't been much > impressed!) > > Or is there a more subtle plot afoot, wheels-within-wheels, as perhaps > a second round of the > Novell-Noorda-Corsair-Canopus-Caldera-SCO-SCOX-IBM-AutoZone-HP plot?
I thought it had something perhaps to do with exactly that. If you read the article, it mentioned how both sides agreed not to sue the other for copyright infringements, and that got Novell in hot water with the open source community. > > Inquiring minds want to know. The Truth Is Out There. > If only we could know the truth on so many things....especially products and politics. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
