>From Groklaw... the reason for/story behind the deal? According to one
source, Xandros has been neotiating with Microsoft since November.
Xandros layoffs? Just staffing 'adjustments'
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| "About three weeks ago I started to see strange faces pop up in
| the conference room, and they turned out to be investors. Then
| one weekend, someone had cleaned out a [seldom-used] room and
| given it to an investor as an office. A week later we were canned."
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http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/10/24/206213
Just In: Novell Earns More Money From MS Patent Deal Than it Pays
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| What is important to Microsoft is to have a list of protocol licensees
| who find their interoperability tax to be "reasonable and
| non-discriminatory" for the E.C., and to get Linux distributors
| to purchase their right-to-use license directly from the source,
| rather than via SCO.
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http://boycottnovell.com/2007/06/05/just-in-novell-earns-more-money-from-ms-patent-deal-than-it-pays/
GPLv3 will lead them to regrets.
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