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● 03.22.07

●● The Net is Abuzz Over Novell’s Impact

Posted in Deception, Free/Libre Software, FSF, FUD, GNU/Linux, GPL, Intellectual Monopoly, Interview, Law, Microsoft, Patent Covenant, Patents, Ron Hovsepian at 9:32 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

There appear to have been no major developments or stories today. However, many opinions are being posted, as well as pieces of analysis. Judging by this Web site’s recent traffic levels, more people understand their unfortunate entanglement in Novell’s foolish act, which continues to affect many of us and seems to get worse by the week.

=> ↺ Novell’s foolish act

Below is a roundup, which you may wish to run through quickly or explore further by following the links.

Novell: Nothing is wrong with Linux (Better sign with us or you may be sued over Linux) — Matt Asay

=> ↺ Novell: Nothing is wrong with Linux (Better sign with us or you may be sued over Linux) — Matt Asay

Am I the only one who finds Novell’s continued backtracking and silliness over its patent scheme with Microsoft reprehensible?

We Want Linux to Win: Q&A with Novell CEO, Ron Hovsepian

=> ↺ We Want Linux to Win: Q&A with Novell CEO, Ron Hovsepian

Novell’s annual user event, BrainShare, took place this week in Salt Lake City, Utah. President and CEO, Ron Hovsepian sat down with Linux Magazine’s Bryan Richard to talk about patent protection, responding to customers, and competing with Red Hat.

At ZDNet you’ll find a Microsoft employee’s perspective on community division, caused by Novell. In InformationWeek you’ll find one among a series of writeups that are critical of GPLv3 and the FSF. IANAL, so I won’t comment on any of this.

=> ↺ perspective on community division | ↺ critical of GPLv3 and the FSF

Meanwhile, ITWire writes about Bruce Peren’s heroic battle against Novell. In line with the “show us the code” open letter, Nicholas Petreley of Linux Journal dares Microsoft to sue us — the customers/users.

=> ↺ ITWire writes about Bruce Peren’s heroic battle against Novell | ↺ “show us the code” open letter | ↺ dares Microsoft

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Surely Novell customers will feel their protection money was ill-spent unless you follow through with such lawsuits. So please fill us in on your plans to sue. The suspense is excruciating.

Yours Truly,

One of countless proud users of Debian, Kubuntu, PC Linux OS, Mandriva, Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise, Knoppix, Mepis, Mint, Gentoo, and many other non-Novell distributions.

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