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Microsoft (Probably) Didn't Just Buy Unix

Posted by Soulskill on from the how's-that-for-definitive dept.

jfruhlinger writes "Word came down this morning that when Attachmate bought Novell, certain intellectual property rights were sold to a Microsoft-led consortium as part of the deal. Since Unix is the most valuable piece of IP Novell owns, there was a certain amount of panic that suddenly Redmond is in charge of this foundational technology for Linux and a number of other open source projects. But, while MS is being cagey, Brian Proffitt doubts that Unix was part of the IP package that was sold — and believes that Linux would be safe even if it were."

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  1. What if? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What if some lame Slashdot user was trying too hard to be geeky, but just made himself look stupid and anachronistic?

  2. Microsoft (Probably) Didn't Just Buy Unix by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Why should I buy anything, that I can throw at chair at.?"

    --
    Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
  3. Stallman sleeps with swords because no woman, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I hear his belly hangs low, so he cuts a vertical incision on his belly button to fuck his own birth-socket that was sealed frightful eons ago. Every now and then when he is busy whoring himself to OSI, the slit heals and so he must again go under the sword to carve a fresh mangina for himself to play with.

  4. Re:Anyone else... by The+End+Of+Days · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Go figure, the association of professionals who actually do the work to create things, not just call them obvious once they've been created, support the idea that they should be rewarded for the work.

    I'm shocked.

  5. Re:What if.. by hairyfish · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No they didn't. One side clearly lost and the other side clearly won.