Comment Merry Christmas (Score 2, Funny) 118
Microsoft anti-trust investigation... it's the type of thing that makes you feel warm inside on a cheery Christmas day.
Merry Christmas Slashdot!
Submission + - Red Hat CEO talked patents with MS
c3ph45 writes: Before the Novel-Microsoft deal, Red Hat was in talks with Microsoft over patents. Thankfully, the deal fell apart before Novel made their infamous partnership with Microsoft. As has been reported before, Red Hat doesn't plan to enter into any patent agreements with Microsoft, but it leaves open the question: What if both Red Hat and Novell had entered into such deals? One large vendor doing so has caused enough disruption. How would the community have coped with two of the largest vendors doing so?
Submission + - Novell worries about GPL v3
An anonymous reader writes: In its annual report for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2006, Novell expressed concerns over how the new version of the GPL may affect their business. Microsoft might stop distributing Suse coupons if the GPL version 3 interferes with their agreement or puts Microsoft's patents at risk, ultimately causing Novell's business and operating results to be adversely affected.
