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Red Hat CEO Talked Patents with MS

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the sleeping-with-the-enemy dept.

c3ph45 writes "Before the Novel-Microsoft deal, Red Hat was in talks with Microsoft over patents. Thankfully, the deal fell apart before Novel made their infamous partnership with Microsoft. As has been reported before, Red Hat doesn't plan to enter into any patent agreements with Microsoft, but it leaves open the question: What if both Red Hat and Novell had entered into such deals? One large vendor doing so has caused enough disruption. How would the community have coped with two of the largest vendors doing so?"

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  1. Mass hysteria by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We would have coped the same as always, we would rant and rave and generally work ourselves into a tizz, then get back onto our normal day jobs.

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    1. Re:Mass hysteria by simm1701 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The problem with films like fight club is that people watch them, people agree with them, people think "wow, that's so true, I really should be more like that and challenge the system"

      Then they go back to their lives, following the rules, working a job they hate to earn money they don't want to buy stuff they don't need.

      Call me cynical but I can't see that changing any time soon.

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