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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. Re:FUD parade continues on... by commodore64_love · · Score: 1, Troll

    >>>Otherwise, that statement would be considered incredibly stupid. If it was serious, perhaps Linux related threads aren't your cup of tea.

    Newbies reading this are probably thinking,
    "Why would I ever want to use Linux, if I will be labeled 'stupid' by its users?
    "I think I'll stick with Windows (or Mac) OS."

    Anyway I really did think Linux was a branch of Unix ("Unix like" says wikipedia). That makes me ignorant of the details, not stupid. If I was stupid I would not have two college degrees, or an above-average IQ, would I?

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