Microsoft-Yahoo post-deal disposals could include Zimbra
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| Thus, IDC’s Levitt said that Novell might be the most ”palatable” buyer for
| Zimbra. The two companies linked arms once in 2006 when Microsoft wrote
| Novell a check for USD 348m. The move was designed to show the company is not
| a monopolist, said Levitt.
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| ”It would bolster Novell and keep the heat off Microsoft,” he said of a
| Zimbra sale. Yet analyst Kusnetzky noted that Novell might not need Zimbra
| based on its existing GroupWise suite of collaboration technologies.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/49c239f0-d8b3-11dc-8b22-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=e8477cc4-c820-11db-b0dc-000b5df10621.html
After the shady deal a Novell manager got hired by Microsoft, which is highly
suspicious.
Microsoft put its own GM in charge (to an extent) of XenSource before using
Citrix to 'steal' it and put it in the dustbin. What about Microsoft planning
to steal/hijack Yahoo in a hostile fashion?
Related:
Novell's .Net moment
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| Novell has struggled to compete in the open-source world. Combining with
| Microsoft hasn't helped. So why not, as Dave suggests, link up with
| Microsoft's .Net code to build an ecosystem around it that would complement
| Microsoft's own efforts to do so?
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| [...]
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| Let's face it: there are still hordes of developers out there who love
| Microsoft and would probably prefer to create open-source projects
| around .Net instead of Java or the LAMP stack. Novell could orchestrate this
| since Microsoft appears to have a PR problem with doing so.
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9867460-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
Microsoft Would Lose Patent Rights Under New Linux License Terms
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| The final draft of GPLv3 states that companies that distribute
| open-source software cannot at the same time pursue patent claims
| against users of that software.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199800081
Novell: 'No One Can Stop Us From Selling Linux'
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| It was reported that those changes would preclude the inclusion of Linux in
| third party distribution deals such as the one Novell recently signed with
| Microsoft and "ban" Novell from selling future versions of Linux.
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http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197003452&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All
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