Novell Gets $348 Million From Microsoft

An anonymous reader writes, "Novell has published additional details about its agreements with Microsoft concerning Windows and Linux interoperability and patents. It seems the company is receiving an up-front payment of $348 million from Microsoft, for SLES subscription certificates and for patent cross-licensing. Microsoft will make an upfront payment to Novell of $240 million for SLES subscription 'certificates' that Microsoft can use, resell, or distribute over the term of the agreement. Regarding the patent cooperation agreement, Microsoft will make an up-front net payment to Novell of $108 million, and Novell will make ongoing payments totaling at least $40 million over five years to Microsoft."

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Re:The big question

[Bruce Perens]

So far, Linus is being Alfred E. Newman, the character in Mad magazine whose motto was "What, me worry?" He said something about not assuming that everyone has to be enemies. I think he does fine at programming. Strategy outside of programming isn't his forte.

Bruce

Re: Interoperability?

[jwsd]

That's because you are a Linux zealot who only knows Linux interoperable OS's, mainly UNIX variants plus its enemy Windows. Just like a frog who spent his entire life at the bottom of a well, the well is the entire world as far as the frog is concerned.