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Why the Novell / MS Deal Is Very Bad

Posted by kdawson on from the laying-it-out dept.

jamienk writes "PJ from Groklaw has taken the time to really explain the big picture of the Novell/MS deal and how it all fits into the SCO case and the strategy some have employed to attack Free Software. If you thought PJ was becoming too shrill before, or if you haven't understood what the big deal is with Novell's agreement, it's really worth a read." From the article: "This is Groklaw's 2,838th article. We now have 10,545 members, who have worked very hard to disprove SCO's scurrilous claims, and we did. We succeeded, beyond my hopes when we started. But here's the sad part. As victory is in sight, Novell signs a patent agreement with Microsoft..."

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  1. second post... by Grog6 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Now I can say all the mean, irresponsible things that PJ won't let me say on GL!

    $%#^$#%^$%&$&@#$!@#$^*&*&!!!

    Now I feel Better...

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  2. The true battle... by alphamugwump · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... is against yourself.

    Seriously though, I bet Suse loves all the good PR they're getting right now.

    1. Re:The true battle... by wellingj · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Yea, I'd call all of PR just great.
      I mean they are my #1 favorite company right now. </sarcasm>

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  3. Re:WTF: Novell moves to waive SCO's case? by civilizedINTENSITY · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well Novell's total current assets are around $1,625,564,000.00 (call it 1 1/2 billion). Their total assets are around $2,422,600,000.00 (well over 2 billion). After liabilities their Net Tangible Assets are about $669,085,000.00 (call it 1/2 billion). If you can pick them up for 11.2M, I'd like to know how.

  4. YUO FAIL IT!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    bi6 deal. death

  5. Butterfly effect... maybe/maybe not offtopic! by Browzer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    " ...
    The phrase refers to the idea that a butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that ultimately cause a tornado to appear (or, for that matter, prevent a tornado from appearing). The flapping wing represents a small change in the initial condition of the system, which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale phenomena. Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different..."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect

  6. Re:FUD for who? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wow - that seems like a great reason. I told our IT guy he'd better not buy any servers from Apple because the hard disk in my iPOD died.

  7. Re:WTF: Novell moves to waive SCO's case? by molarmass192 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Shame ... the US gov could have bought out MS for far less than the cost of the Iraq war to date. At least we'd have gotten something more useful out of that money than a few million angry Iraqis and few thousand newly fatherless American children. Oh right, I forgot ... WMDs WMDs!!!

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