The Crazy Ivan [Microsoft]
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| Why is Microsoft cranking the rudder hard over? They aren't talking, but
| I'm guessing it comes down to General Public License (GPL) version 3.
| GPLv3 is still in the formative stages, but it could prohibit mixed
| marriages like the one between Microsoft and Novell. If GPLv3
| happens, Microsoft's lever into the corporate Linux market could
| get frozen. Novell (and by extension, Microsoft) will have to comply
| with its terms to take advantage of component technologies developed
| under the license. Unable to do that, Microsoft will be left with an
| aging (and ultimately incompatible) flavor of Linux.
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http://reddevnews.com/columns/article.aspx?editorialsid=1783
This isn't anything new. Microsoft wants to control Linux (it makes a lot of
money out of SUSE Linux). GPLv3 ends it.
Novell: Microsoft's Halo Only Stretches So Far
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| In the two quarters since its hackles-raising deal with Microsoft was
| signed in November, some 49,000 SUSE certificates have been activated.
| They are worth $91 million. That's 38% of the five-year $240 million
| agreement, which has no cap. Microsoft could buy more.
|
| Unless of course the GPLv3 intervenes and the tentative grandfather
| clause currently protecting the deal gets dropped.
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http://websphere.sys-con.com/read/383669_p.htm
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