Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Fri 18th Jul 2008 23:29 UTC, submitted by Dale Smoker
The convoluted case of SCO v. Novell dealt a heady blow to the SCO Group Wednesday, with United States District Judge Dale Kimball ordering the company to pay $2.5 million to Novell for improperly claiming, and collecting royalties for, the Unix operating system.
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RE[2]: Comment by Coral Snake
by mabhatter on Sun 20th Jul 2008 06:43
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"It business. There is nothing wrong with working with Microsoft in term of patent protection. It is very common."
The problem is that such "protection" is a golden collar on everything you do later. Microsoft didn't settle with the EU over opening file formats until they had these patent deals in their pocket... then settled with the EU that the interoperability requirements should be "protected" as IP... creating a new patent threat that didn't exist in the EU or USA before the agreement! Novell is now bound by the outcome of the agreement and can't/won't challenge Microsoft's change to the basic rules of the game.
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2005-09-27
It business. There is nothing wrong with working with Microsoft in term of patent protection. It is very common. You can be competitors and have strategic alliances at the same time. This Microsoft is pure evil concept only hurts the Open Source movement as it really turns off the moderates out there, who don't have these strong feelings. Yea I don't care much for windows but I like office. Or I don't like paying for office but I like windows....