[nylug-talk] Novell/SuSE domes down with a case of the stupids.

[H. G.]

So....shall we proceed with the wagers?

I wager a dual Opteron server that something evil will emerge from this
before the
2nd quarter of 2007.

On 11/2/06, Ron Guerin <ron at vnetworx.net> wrote:
>
> I guess Novell had a corporate lobotomy.  Either that or they somehow
> managed not to notice what happens to companies that lie down in
> Microsoft's bed.
>
>   http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061102175508403
>
>   "... Novell is paying Microsoft for its patents, and will pay
>   royalties ongoing. Microsoft in turn promises not to sue individual
>   non-commercial coders or paid coders who contribute to SUSE:
>
>     Under the patent agreement, both companies will make up-front
>     payments in exchange for a release from any potential liability for
>     use of each others patented intellectual property, with a net
>     balancing payment from Microsoft to Novell reflecting the larger
>     applicable volume of Microsoft's product shipments. Novell will also
>     make running royalty payments based on a percentage of its revenues
>     from open source products."
>
> SCO's dream lives!
>
> - Ron
>
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