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Novell: Microsoft open source deal has halo effectPosted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on Dec 14, 2007 7:43 AM Subscribe Alerts: Novell reported its fourth quarter results and its Linux business continues to post strong growth. However, the growth characteristics are changing. What used to be Microsoft-fueled growth--courtesy of an...[Read the rest]

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Microsoft-Novell: What a long, strange year it's been: The Novell-Microsoft technology partnership hit its one-year milestone. Here are some of the highlights from the past year that Microsoft decided not to tout in its press release marking the... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Nov 8, 2007 6:56 AM
Red Hat, Sun deal reflects power shift driven by open source: Three years ago, a Red Hat-Sun pact seemed as unthinkable as a Novell-Microsoft partnership -- or World Series championship for the Boston Red Sox. The BoSox were down 0-3 games... [Read the rest]; Posted by Paula Rooney in Linux and Open Source on: Nov 7, 2007 9:21 AM
Will GNOME split give Microsoft Open XML standards win?: Opponents of making the Microsoft Word format an ISO document standard, like OpenDocument Fellowship member Russell Ossendryver, compare GNOME's actions to Democrats offering counters to President Bush's 2005 plan on... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dana Blankenhorn in Linux and Open Source on: Oct 31, 2007 6:43 AM
Add TurboLinux to the Microsoft patent-protection roster: It's been a while since Microsoft signed up any more Linux distro vendors to participate as patent-protection partners. But on October 22, the Redmondians announced they've added TurboLinux to the... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Oct 22, 2007 6:17 PM
Acacia denies patent claim is an attack on open source, denies any Microsoft role: Acacia Research Corp. on Friday released a statement to ZDNet's Open source Blog writers regarding the patent infringement case it filed against Red Hat and Novell on October 9. In... [Read the rest]; Posted by Paula Rooney in Linux and Open Source on: Oct 19, 2007 12:59 PM
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2, NetWare Services and Xen: I've been following the market for system software for quite some time and have watched Novell's efforts, which include the venerable NetWare and SUSE Linux, with some interest since... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dan Kusnetzky in Virtually Speaking on: Oct 19, 2007 3:00 AM
IP firm sued, settled with Novell on different patent in August: The IP firm that filed patent litigation against Red Hat and Novell mounted legal threats against many other U.S. software companies in 2007 including Oracle, SAP, Computer Associates, EMC, Adobe,... [Read the rest]; Posted by Paula Rooney in Linux and Open Source on: Oct 18, 2007 11:14 AM
Microsoft claims it is not party to patent claims against Linux: Contrary to speculation, Microsoft is not behind the patent litigation filed against Linux distributors last week, the company insists. "Microsoft is not a party to Acacia's lawsuit against Red Hat... [Read the rest]; Posted by Paula Rooney in Linux and Open Source on: Oct 17, 2007 7:36 AM
Linux patent suit: In search of the Microsoft smoking gun: Now that the "first ever" suit for patent infringement has been lodged against two major Linux distributors, many Microsoft watchers are looking for the smoking gun that will somehow connect... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Oct 12, 2007 6:43 AM
Are Microsoft's patent lawyers really this dumb?: Are Microsoft's patent lawyers playing possum? Or are they really as clueless about what makes open-source software tick as they seem, based on Microsoft's July 5 statement regarding the GPLv3... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Jul 6, 2007 6:47 AM
Microsoft: We're not a party to GPLv3: Microsoft says it's not a party to the third version of the General Public License and assumes it's not under any legal obligations under the license. The statement, made... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jul 6, 2007 4:22 AM
FSF publishes 'last call' draft of GPLv3; looks good for Novell: The Free Software Foundation published its near final draft of the third version of the General Public License and expects to officially publish the license on June 29. The GPLv3--you... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jun 1, 2007 7:31 AM
What happens to Novell, post Microsoft?: Novell reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $110,000 on revenue of $239 million in a so-so quarter that illustrated how the company's non-Linux businesses--Netware and its identity management software--struggle... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: May 31, 2007 7:25 AM
Parsing the details of the Microsoft-Novell pact: Novell dropped its annual report Friday and with it three exhibits offering details of its SUSE Linux pact with Microsoft. Two key points: A lot of the good stuff... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: May 28, 2007 7:07 AM
Novell document dump makes it look like a scandal: The Washington game of dumping incriminating documents late on a Friday is well-known. When someone does it, suspicions are raised. (Image from the blog of La Shawn Barber.) Now Novell... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dana Blankenhorn in Linux and Open Source on: May 27, 2007 8:54 AM
Novell publishes details on its Microsoft patent deal: Novell has posted to the Securites and Exchange Commission (SEC) Web site redacted versions of the company's patent, business and technology agreements with Microsoft, which it signed in November 2006.... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: May 26, 2007 8:43 AM
New Microsoft-funded study finds developers don't want GPL to cover patent deals: Microsoft is expending an awful lot of time and energy to try to derail the General Public License. On May 22, the latest in a long line of Microsoft-funded open-source... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: May 22, 2007 6:55 AM
Which is the better investment, IBM or Microsoft?: Throughout this century, IBM has moved toward open source while Microsoft has tied itself to the proprietary model. Yet IBM has been the better investment. [Read the rest]; Posted by Dana Blankenhorn in Linux and Open Source on: May 16, 2007 7:50 AM
Microsoft: Free and open source software violates 235 Microsoft patents: Microsoft finally has thrown down the gauntlet and is claiming publicly that free and open-source software (FOSS) violates 235 Microsoft patents. Why has Microsoft decided to go public now with... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: May 13, 2007 4:46 PM
Dell signs up for Microsoft-Novell partnership; SUSE Linux or bust: Dell says it's on board with the Microsoft and Novell Linux partnership. As part of the deal, Dell will buy SUSE Linux Enterprise Server certificates from Microsoft. It will also... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: May 7, 2007 3:37 AM
Microsoft inks more Novell-like patent-infringement deals: Both Fuji Xerox -- and now Samsung -- quietly have signed deals that "allow" them to sell their products without the threat of a Microsoft suit claiming patent infringement by... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Apr 22, 2007 7:20 AM
New GPLv3 draft takes aim at Microsoft/Novell but loosens crypto restrictions: The Free Software Foundation (FSF) released the long-awaited third draft of the GNU General Public License (GPL) today. In this article, I highlight the major changes and discuss their implications... [Read the rest]; Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: Mar 28, 2007 2:03 PM; 6 Comments
GPL 3 isn't the 'last call;' FSF locks in on Microsoft-Novell: Just when you thought that the General Public License third draft was the last word, the Free Software Foundation notes the process will drag on a bit more. There... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Mar 28, 2007 8:35 AM
Microsoft's Identity Wedge: Novell is becoming a one-way mirror. Microsoft technology flows through it into the open source world. But the technology itself remains closed to the open source world. Open source developers... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dana Blankenhorn in Linux and Open Source on: Mar 27, 2007 7:07 AM
Yankee Group: Novell gaining (with Microsoft's help) at Red Hat's expense: Whatever the reasons behind the formation of the Microsoft-Novell technology partnership announced last year, it's helping Novell SuSE Linux gain at Red Hat's expense, according to a research study due... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Mar 26, 2007 6:25 AM
Which GPL Will Be At The Bottom Of The Incline?: Do we need language against software patents in order to feel that the playing field is level? Is a license which prohibits such patents explicitly more fair than one which... [Read the rest]; Posted by Dana Blankenhorn in Linux and Open Source on: Mar 22, 2007 11:35 AM
Novell makes ODF-OOXML translator available: Novell has released for download an Open XML translator that allows users to open and save Microsoft Office Open XML-formatted word-processing documents in OpenOffice. As a result, Microsoft is ready... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Mar 5, 2007 5:56 AM
New Microsoft deal in the works with Red Hat? Don't bet on it: There's a story making the rounds today that Microsoft is poised to sign a new technology partnership with Red Hat that could be as sweeping as the one it signed... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Feb 19, 2007 1:10 PM
Ballmer: Novell deal proves open source needs to 'respect IP rights': The same week that Microsoft issued a press release providing further details about some of the technological advances that will result from the November 2006 technology agreement between the two... [Read the rest]; Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Feb 16, 2007 9:03 AM
Can the FSF derail the Microsoft-Novell Suse pact?: The crosscurrents are still swirling around Microsofts deal with Novell to resell Suse Linux. And the Free Software Foundation may have found an avenue to hit Novell in the... [Read the rest]; Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Feb 6, 2007 5:33 AM