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Microsoft, Novell, and now Ubuntu join to boost Apple and Debian

11/28/2006  
Relevance: 9.13
You've read more than enough already about how Novell and Microsoft signed an agreement that's supposed to help Novell sell Linux to Microsoft customers and help Microsoft customers integrate Linux -- as long as it's Novell Linux -- into their IT environments without fear of patent lawsuits. Part of the yammer was an open letter from Novell's CEO claiming that deal didn't really mean what you thought it did, followed by a statement from Microsoft that said Novell's CEO didn't really mean to say what he said or was wrong about some of it. Or something. Then Mark Shuttleworth jumped into the mess by offering a new, Microsoft-free home for openSUSE developers who didn't want to truck with Novell any longer because of its Microsoft deal.
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Novell, Microsoft and IBM -- Maybe Oracle Too (Part II)

06/23/2008  
Relevance: 9.13
Some believe that he idea of the Novell/Microsoft agreement came from IBM and Oracle. They went to Novell with the following plan: Microsoft would be very much interested in two things with Novell: polluting/diluting the Linux brand and message (Microsoft could also have a dent in the Linux market). This is always overlooked,
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Is there a secret story behind the Novell/Microsoft deal?

02/17/2007  
Relevance: 8.72
Was the Novell/Microsoft deal a worthwhile well-meaning effort between renegade open-source geeks at Microsoft and geeks at Novell that got derailed by salespeople and management, after which it was turned into a nightmare deal with the devil? I raise this question because I know someone with ties to people at both Microsoft and Novell. He has a credible story to tell about what really happened, and how much it differs from what we now know about the Novell/Microsoft deal. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get him to write up the history - yet. While I continue to pester him, here's the short version, third hand.[Actually, it sounds like what happens all too often in the everyday, rough-and-tumble business world. - dcparris]
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The Microsoft-Novell Linux deal two years later

11/19/2008  
Relevance: 8.62
Two years ago this month, Microsoft Corp. forged its controversial partnership with Novell Inc. that, among other things, had the two companies agreeing not to sue each other over intellectual property issues, in part to protect SUSE Linux users over any patent litigation from Microsoft. Just how well has that deal worked out? That depends on who you talk to. Microsoft and Novell paint nothing but a rosy picture of the arrangement. Customers"like the idea that Microsoft and Novell are in the same room," says Susan Hauser, Microsoft's general manager for strategic partnerships.
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Red Hat, Microsoft Talk Tux

07/04/2007  
Relevance: 8.61
We knew that last year Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik held talks with Microsoft concerning a patent deal. Once Microsoft and Novell signed an agreement with Novell, those talks were history. In fact, Red Hat made a point of spitting on the Microsoft/Novell deal.
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Novell Is Not SCO

11/09/2006  
Relevance: 8.58
Novell is not SCO. Novell is not the great anti-GPL. Get over it. I'm getting a little tired of the constant Novell-bashing. Do I think that Novell made a smart long term move by partnering up with Microsoft? No, I don't.
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Questions I’d like to see customers asked about the Microsoft-Novell deal

12/13/2006  
Relevance: 8.51
Microsoft and Novell are touting the results of a new survey (paid for by Microsoft and Novell) that found 200 IT managers to be largely in favor of the interoperability deal announced on November 2 by the two software vendors.
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Microsoft and Novell Open Interoperability Lab

09/13/2007  
Relevance: 8.35
Microsoft Corp. and Novell today announced the opening of theMicrosoft and Novell Interoperability Lab in Cambridge, Mass. Announced last fall as part of Microsoft and Novell's groundbreaking collaboration agreement, the opening of the lab delivers on a promise the two companies made to work together to create a joint development facility at which Microsoft and Novell technical experts will design and test new software solutions and work with customers and the community to build and support technologies that allow Microsoft Windows Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise to work well together.
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Novell counters community, Microsoft FUD

11/21/2006  
Relevance: 8.25
Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian today issued an"Open Letter to the Community from Novell," in which he defends his company's recent accord with Microsoft, and challenges recent statements made by Microsoft on the topic of Linux and patents.
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A Question About the Novell-Microsoft Deal

09/05/2008  
Relevance: 8.24
I've been thinking about something for a few days now. It's about the latest Novell-Microsoft deal that was announced on August 20, where Microsoft agreed to buy another $100 million worth of vouchers from Novell. I was wondering: how come two public companies can make a deal that seems to me to be material and yet keep pieces of the deal secret?
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