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● 02.23.07

●● Discussing the Futility of the Novell Deal

Posted in FUD, Intellectual Monopoly, Law, Microsoft, Novell, Patent Covenant, Patents at 1:57 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

I would like to divert the readers’ attention to a couple blog items from Matt Anslett, who is a journalist.

Updated again – Microsoft Linux patent FUDwatch

=> ↺ Updated again – Microsoft Linux patent FUDwatch

Given the recent comments from Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer and others I thought it was time for an update. I particularly enjoyed Microsoft lawyer Brad Smith’s explanation of why patent protection is important even if no one actually needs it.

Can someone explain to me how the Microsoft/Novell patent deal doesn’t stink?

=> ↺ Can someone explain to me how the Microsoft/Novell patent deal doesn’t stink?

So if you’re a Novell customer, the deal gives you peace of mind that Microsoft won’t sue you, which it wasn’t going to do anyway, for code that may or may not be in Linux, that may or may not infringe Microsoft patents.

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