Everyone's abuzz with the
Microsoft-Novell deal. (Groklaw coverage
1 2 3 and surely more to come; you can also pick it up on Slashdot or anywhere else.) It's a trap! They're coming! Ack, they're using patents, run for the trees!
So what's the big deal? Microsoft's strongest suit has always been marketing and FUD, rather than technology. This isn't an unexpected development by any stretch of the imagination. The only thing which might be surprising about it is the Novell side of the affair. And I always did think there was something weird about Novell, with their support of mono. Anyway, unless you're a Novell customer who now feels he has to switch, you probably don't really care what Novell do or don't do.
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