Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 15th Nov 2006 23:05 UTC
While Microsoft is hoping to enter into a patent deal with Red Hat similar to the one it has with Novell, the software giant has not ruled out going it alone and providing some sort of indemnification for its customers who use Red Hat Linux. Bill Hilf, Microsoft's general manager of platform strategy, acknowledged that it is an awkward situation having Microsoft's customers who use Novell's SUSE Linux covered by the covenant not to sue, while those Windows users running Red Hat Linux are not.
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2005-06-29
SCO used to sell agreements like this. Anybody else remember?
This makes me very nervous because it's too much like SCO. However, SCO had no argument at all and was on its way out of business where Microsoft has a weak argument and a ton of cash.