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Microsoft Paid Novell $356 Million in '07

Posted by timothy on from the mere-pocket-change dept.

Anonymous writes "At the end of this piece at Channelweb.com, it's reported that Microsoft paid Novell $355.6 million last year as part of their 'interoperability' deal. It's no small wonder, then, that Novell executives are saying the deal has been a huge success so far."

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  1. Novell Will Pay by schestowitz · · Score: 0, Troll

    Novell will pay Microsoft based on how many sales of SUSE Linux they make (for software patents). Please stay away from Novell products if you care about Free software. Thank you.

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    My Linux - (L)ove (I)s (N)ever (U)tterly eXPensive
  2. Re:Don't trust them by simscitizen · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yep, that Microsoft investment in the late '90s has really sunk Apple...

  3. Re:NASDAQ:NOVL Total Revenue by bignetbuy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Don't try to divert attention. Nobody was talking about Mozilla.

  4. Re:NASDAQ:NOVL Total Revenue by TheSeer2 · · Score: 0, Troll

    So Mozilla pays Google? That makes no sense.