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Microsoft Patent Deal Could Leave Novell Behind

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wave-bye-bye dept.

robbyyy writes to mention a Computer Business Review Online article about commentary from Bruce Perens to Novell, about their recent deal with Microsoft. He argues that the company should quickly turn its back on the deal, because Novell risks being left behind by open source progress. From the article: "While Linux creator Linus Torvalds has previously stated that the Linux kernel will remain on the GPL v2 license, much of the code that makes up a complete Linux distribution is owned by the FSF, which intends to re-license all its code to GPL v3 as soon as it is completed in early 2007. 'In the face of these changes, Novell will probably be stuck with old versions of the software, under old licenses, with Novell sustaining the entire cost and burden of maintaining that software,' Perens wrote, adding that Novell faces a choice of sticking with Microsoft and being left behind, or turning its back on the patent deal."

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  1. Re:Life is good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    But it said the length of his penis has tripled in the last six months!

  2. Re:Scam. It's a scam. by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 3, Funny
    [1] In Croatia, pushing a finger in someone's anus is not considered as an even remotely possible case of rape. It is considered much more like a handshake instead. (Check the Wikipedia archives for Handshake, you'll see that this piece of information has been deleted a few dozen times or so.)Hmmm, interesting information. There are a couple of Croats working here, I shall ask one of them... ;-)

    ... gives a whole new meaning to "you should wash your hands after shaking hands with strangers".

  3. Re:Scam. It's a scam. by dAzED1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    and you don't think that IBM and AMD could solve that in a *snap* with compilers they already own? AMD putting together something that makes code SCREAM on their cpus? The only reason they haven't done it already is there's already a free, decent/good compiler out there (gcc) so why bother. If gcc becomes less...usable...then I can promise you that within months (ie - the gpl2 versions of gcc will still be just fine) several big hammers will have pounded out a compiler. Compilers were a big deal back in the days of small companies, bad standards, and few people in IT. It's not something to be concerned with today.