
13 Reasons To Celebrate the New MS-Novell Pact 40
An anonymous reader writes "The recently announced agreement between Microsoft Corporation and Novell, Inc. has resulted in much concern that it could be harmful for Linux and other free software. However, the agreement itself, as well as its timing and comments made by Microsoft executives about it, may actually be a very good thing — and perhaps even worthy of celebration!"
Needs More FUD (Score:5, Interesting)
Not only are these points weak, they're a stretch. And number four is laughable, That's right, folks, this agreement will make developers so angry that they'll triumph in the face of Microsoft telling them they're all patent infringers. Yep, sound argument to me. Let's see here
And also, some of the footnotes are pure comedic genius, It's so funny because the way I see it, this was the perfect way to hobble Linux & threaten all the application development on it so that the competition for Windows dwindles & therefore they can produce pure crap and we'll have to use it. Please explain yourself, Linux Information Project.
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Anyway - the line:
That's right, folks, this agreement will make developers so angry that they'll triumph in the face of Microsoft telling them they're all patent infringers.
My thought:
Setting aside for a moment the fact that software patents are not applicable everywhere, and some other points such as
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At any rate, the article has some merit. In a previous Slashdot linked story, at least one CIO was quoted as saying that this agreement has caused them to not consider Microsoft for a new project that their company is working on.
Re:First in a series... (Score:4, Funny)
Well, at least they didn't get pregnant! *celebrates*
In FUD times we live (Score:2, Insightful)
A Test Of The Maturity Of The Open Source World (Score:5, Insightful)
There are three distinct reactions to Microsoft's blatant and utterly un-subtle attack on Linux:
1) Swift and decisive public action sending a clear message to the computing and business worlds that this aggression will not stand, man. Novell software and patent minefields like mono are purged from all open source distros and entities.
2) Wallowing in ignorant self-delusion that maybe it will all go away.
3) Self-defeating and inane +5 Insightful masturbatory posts letting everyone know just what a open minded and reasonable person you are for trying to look on the bright side of this frontal assault on Linux. "Hey, Microsoft can't be ALWAYS evil...maybe they just want to be friends!"
Read groklaw.net, get informed. If you aren't scared to hell about the long term implications of this attack on Linux through patents, you haven't read enough about it.
The time for sticking your head in the sand is over. Microsoft is in open war with Linux. And no matter what you think of their products, Microsoft execs live to destroy. And they have you directly in their sights. Are you going to stand there and be slaughtered like a dumb animal or wake up and get informed and take decisive action?
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Fortunately for a lot of us, open source is not linux and linux is not open source. And what one company does to "fight" my righ of givinvg away for free my code (not that I do it, I like being payed for what I program).
I have always thought that, whatever happens with specific companies that are using open
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What can they *do*? (Score:2)
All MS can do is spread FUD. Linux isn't dBase, Linux isn't DOS, Linux isn't FoxPro. It can't just be acquired.
Microsoft Corp. vs the one thing they can't buy and actually have to compete with? I fail to see the threat.
Software patents are dead! (Score:3, Insightful)
In the 1800s they had a law in England that forced every self-propelled vehicle on the road to have a horseman precede it waving a red flag. Many historians argue that this law had a strong effect in delaying the invention of automobiles. I don't think so. The automobile was invented as soon as a suitable engine was developed. The boilers and steam engines of the mid-1800s
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Your comment does not parse. Groups are not individuals. The "open source community" will never be able to "function as a legitimate entity in the business world." because as far as I can tell, the "open source community" does not particularly care about the business world. If they did, they would not be wri
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In other news... (Score:5, Funny)
Linfo.org Owned By Microsoft (Score:3, Interesting)
The phone number used for registering this site goes to an answering service. This is nothing more than a propoganda site sponsored by Microsoft
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Umm, complete bullshit. The site you mentioned was formed by the Bellevue Linux Users group (or at least hosted there.) See their site here:
http://www.bellevuelinux.org/index.html [bellevuelinux.org]
ConnectExpress.com is one of their sponsors.
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Not saying you don't exist, it's just that saying you are a Linux users group in the heart of Microsith-town is like saying you are the Iraqi Democracy Committe in the heart of Baghdad and saying how great the American invasion was for Iraq. A sensible person is going to have his doubts as to your credibility.
Ju
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You live there? What are you doing December 12th?
Barnes & Noble Downtown Bellevue 106th Ave. NE, Bellevue, WA (425) 451-8463
Go check 'em out. Report back to us what you find. (One darkly clothed guy with a win XP laptop surreptitiously uploading photos of anyone searching for the Bellevue LUG?)
See: ht [bellevuelinux.org]
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Actually, I'm not part of their group. I just did a few minutes of research with google. It's probably not surprising if you haven't heard of them; the greater Seattle area is after all quite large.
BTW, was there some pro-MS, and/or anti-open source FUD on that website that raised your suspicions? I didn't see any, but I only took a quick look. Most of what I read sounded pretty pro-Linux to me.
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Re:Linfo.org Owned By Microsoft (Score:4, Informative)
According to the linfo.org pages, linfo is a project of the Bellevue Linux Users Group [bellevuelinux.org].
Checking out whois isn't always the most reliable way to figure out who is behind a site.
Would you expect this [linfo.org] on a Microsoft-owned website?
(And yes, I do work for Novell. And I don't have much of a reason to defend the site, since most of the reasons listed don't expect Novell to survive, only to serve as a bad example.)
IBM and Novell are both doing what Microsoft wants (Score:1)
Re:IBM and Novell are both doing what Microsoft wa (Score:1)
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For a while there was hope that controlling the LINUX kernel would reduce fragmentation. Instead now the market becomes even more fragmented, with
I oppose (Score:2)
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Cheers
Ben
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