The bizarre relationship that is Novell + Microsoft
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| And how! Here's just a taste:
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| In an email dated October 3, 199, however, Bill Gates ordered his top
| executives to retract the documentation of the browsing extensions, but
| only until Microsoft's own developers of the Office suite of applications
| had sufficient time to work with the hidden extensions to build an
| insurmountable advantage over competitors such as WordPerfect. Gates
| further explained that without this advantage, Office would not compete
| with the major ISVs.
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| This is just the sort of company that I'd want to bet my Linux business upon.
| Wouldn't you?
|
| Point well taken that it's a heterogeneous world that requires odd pairings
| of companies. But given Novell's understanding of just how bad Microsoft can
| be, is a partnership the best way to reward that behavior?
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9855416-16.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1001_3-0-10
TCS :: openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 1 [Screenshots]
http://www.thecodingstudio.com/opensource/linux/screenshots/index.php?linux_distribution_sm=openSUSE%2011.0%20Alpha%201
OpenSuSE 11.0 Installer Gets A Face-Lift
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| Last week OpenSuSE 11.0 Alpha 1 was released, and in addition to including
| KDE 4.0, PulseAudio integration, and various package updates, Alpha 1
| features improvements to the OpenSuSE installer. This installer uses Qt4 and
| is much improved, which warranted us taking a closer look.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=974&num=1
Related:
Novell's Suit Against Microsoft Cites Decline of WordPerfect
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| WordPerfect, a once-popular software program, is making something of a
| comeback -- this time as Exhibit A in Novell Inc.'s multibillion-dollar
| antitrust suit against Microsoft Corp.
|
| The lawsuit is a byproduct of the U.S. government's landmark case against
| Microsoft that was settled more than six years ago after the world's biggest
| software maker was declared an illegal monopolist. A handful of other private
| suits against Microsoft still await resolution, and no claim is bigger than
| Novell's.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=azE3HU7AoBu4&refer=news
Time for Novell to Settle the SCOre
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| SCO Group Latest News about SCO Group is going down. Microsoft,
| Sun Microsystems and the greedy investors that abetted SCO in
| its campaign to loot Unix and Linux vendors and their
| customers have abandoned ship.
|
| [...]
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| As for the payment made by Novell, it validates the arrangement
| as a business contract by setting up an exchange of consideration.
| I'm not a lawyer, but I believe that if Microsoft just handed a
| bouquet over to Novell to prevent Novell v. Microsoft, Microsoft
| could later welsh on the deal by contesting the alleged misdeeds
| that Novell used as leverage.
|
| This is all conjecture, of course, but two absolute truths remain:
| Payback is, indeed, a bitch, and Microsoft is entitled to a share.
| And at present, it sucks to be Steve Ballmer.
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http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/55269.html
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