December 21, 2006
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Jeremy Allison, a leading Samba developer and well-known open-source speaker, has decided to leave Novell Inc. because of his objections to the Microsoft/Novell patent agreement. In his public letter of resignation, Allison said, “This has been a very difficult decision, … Continue reading
November 20, 2006
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Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian today issued an “Open Letter to the Community from Novell,” in which he defends his company’s recent accord with Microsoft, and challenges recent statements made by Microsoft on the topic of Linux and patents. In the … Continue reading
November 17, 2006
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What a surprise! What a shock! Ballmer thinks Linux rips off Microsoft intellectual property. According to Eric Lai in Computerworld, Ballmer said Microsoft was motivated to sign a deal with SUSE Linux distributor Novell because Linux “uses our intellectual property” … Continue reading
November 2, 2006
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Microsoft and Novell have announced a set of broad business, legal, and technical collaboration agreements to build, market, and support a series of new solutions that will make Novell’s Linux and Microsoft’s Windows products work better together. First, the two … Continue reading
September 18, 2006
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I have little love for Microsoft’s business tactics, but even I was a bit surprised to find that Microsoft’s so-called iPod killer, Zune, won’t be able to play Microsoft’s own DRM ‘protected’ WMA and WMV files. What were they thinking? … Continue reading
July 12, 2006
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A $10 million fine here, a $100 million lawsuit settlement there; it’s just another day of Microsoft doing business.So, the EU finally let Microsoft have it. European Union regulators fined the boys from Redmond 280.5 million euros—thats 357.3 million American … Continue reading