Ballmer and more news about the Novell-SuSE Deal

yorugua writes: According to Ballmer in a recent interview available at http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;83959 3139;fp;16;fpid;1 , "Novell pays us some money for the right to tell customers that anybody who uses SUSE Linux is appropriately covered,". Ballmer added that this "is important to us, because [otherwise] we believe every Linux customer basically has an undisclosed balance-sheet liability." So, are the remaining distros and its users at any risk of being pressured by M$ sometime down the road ? Do Linux users OWE M$, well, $ ?