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Novell's decision to acquire Suse back in 2003 was a smart move for a struggling company.

Novell się doigrał

what Microsoft IP exists in Linux? The evil empire strikes again.

The patent agreement struck between Novell and Microsoft is a divisive agreement. It deals with users and creators of free software differently depending on their "commercial" versus "non-commercial" status, and deals with them differently depending on wh

The patent agreement struck between Novell and Microsoft is a divisive agreement. It deals with users and creators of free software differently depending on their "commercial" versus "non-commercial" status, and deals with them differently depending on wh

“Novell pays us some money for the right to tell customers that anybody who uses SUSE Linux is appropriately covered,” Ballmer said. This “is important to us, because [otherwise] we believe every Linux customer basically has an undisclosed balance-s

Why the Microsoft/Novell deal is bad for SUSE users.

Why the Microsoft/Novell deal is bad for SUSE users. I don't realy know what standpoint to take in all this. It seems strange that Microsoft is striking a deal with an open source company. But I don't know enough about it to take a standpoint. Just thoug

"Novell/SUSE users and customers should wipe Novell/SUSE off their disks and install virtually any non-Novell/SUSE alternative in its place. Dump all MONO development for any of the many excellent alternatives, and abandon your investment in all Novell-ba

"It seems the company is receiving an up-front payment of $348 million from Microsoft, for SLES subscription "certificates" and for patent cross-licensing."