__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Thursday 16 November 2006 19:03 \__
> "Microsoft .. has not ruled out going it alone and providing some
> sort of indemnification for its customers who use Red Hat Linux .."
>
> "Hilf acknowledged that it is an awkward situation having Microsoft's
> customers who use Novell's SUSE Linux covered by the covenant not to
> sue, while those Windows users running Red Hat Linux are not"
>
> Since when did Novell ever threaten to sue Microsofts' customers.
> Since when did Red Hat ever threaten to sue Microsofts' customers.
If anything, Novell and Red Hat, among just about any company and
organisation/body in the world, should sue Microsoft with antitrust
allegations. Some already do. Overprices software, lockins, bad service,
utterly poor security for which Microsoft gets paid extra (OneCare)...
Best wishes,
Roy
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