Re: OT: Interesting news - what does this mean for RH?

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Phil Meyer wrote:
Steffen Kluge wrote:
http://www.novell.com/news/press/item.jsp?id=1196
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/default.mspx

Cheers
Steffen.

Several things here:

Remember the 'cross licensing' deal with SUN that ended the Java litigation and enabled .Net?

This is similar, with a clear win for Microsoft.

1. The litigation Novell vs. Microsoft anti competitive WordPerfect is over.
2. The Mono developers and users feel better.
3. Novell gets some much needed short term cash.

What does Microsoft get?

This 'deal' INFERS that Novell agrees with Microsoft that Linux infringes Microsoft patents.

This will make it much easier for Microsoft to attack or strongarm other Linux distributors.

What do we get?

An 800 pound gorilla with a history a corporate violence with Novell/SUSE in its pocket. Not a good thing at all.

Personally, I hope Novell likes its windfall of short term cash as much as SUN did, and I hope it allows them to survive the 6 year duration of the agreement.

As for me, my interest in SUSE has vanished, even faster than my interest in Solaris did. I had previous to the SUN agreement installed Solaris personally on over 1500 systems of all sizes. I have not since.

See the more detailed analysis at http://groklaw.net



If I were running RH, I'd be looking to move my corporation to another country, preferably one that ignored US patent law. I suspect we'll all be paying Microsoft soon (or trying to get our updates from a Chinese web site).

I hate being controlled by a criminal monopoly.

Regards,

John

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