Back then Netware was the only way to really do network shared drives for windows clients that was relatively stable. Netware was pretty good, but Novell thought it was the perfect product and they could charge anything for it. Which is why they ended up with no money the first time.
<br><br>Copied snippet from an email of mine on another list:<br><br>By taking this cash they're arguably admiting that their customers need
"protection" from IP suits from Microsoft. This translates to being
aware of IP infringements. As a Linux distributor SuSE is bound by the
GPL. If they know of IP infringing software in the system and haven't
moved to report/change it they are in violation of section 7 of the GPL
and are not permited to redistribute Linux. Any way this goes it ends
bad for Novell/SuSE.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/17/06, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:carl-olsen@mchsi.com">carl-olsen@mchsi.com</a></b> <<a href="mailto:carl-olsen@mchsi.com">carl-olsen@mchsi.com</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="direction: ltr;">I remember when NetWare was very popular and Microsoft and Novell were doing a lot of integration. There seems to be some kind of historic relationship between these two. I don't know much except I remember NetWare was big when I first started using Windows and it ran on a lot of Windows operating systems.
<br></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span class="e" id="q_10ef7241f796fd0b_1"><br> -------------- Original message ----------------------<br>From: "Brandon Griffis" <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:brandongriffis@gmail.com">
brandongriffis@gmail.com</a>><br>> I doubt they're going after any projects. In everything I've read from<br>> Balmer he's not once used the word patient or copyright, it's always "IP".<br>> I think we're just talking about FUD threats. The problem is that Novell
<br>> has lent those threats credibility by making this deal.<br>><br>> -G<br>><br>> On 11/17/06, Tony Jeffries <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:ajeffri@loopysite.org">
ajeffri@loopysite.org</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > On Fri, November 17, 2006 10:24, <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:Daniel.Juliano@wellsfargo.com">Daniel.Juliano@wellsfargo.com
</a> wrote:<br>> > <snip><br>> > > My concern is Microsoft might never attack property in The Kernel (tm),<br>> > > as wayyy too many companies are involved in it's development, but it<br>> > > would be relatively easy to attack some of the key applications that
<br>> > > make running linux worthwhile.<br>> ><br>> > My thought is that, as someone else said, they're going after Samba, or<br>> > that they're going after OpenOffice.<br>> ><br>> > Those are the two I'm concerned about.
<br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > Tony Jeffries<br>> > <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:ajeffri@loopysite.org">ajeffri@loopysite.org</a><br>> > <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:n0nro@arrl.net">
n0nro@arrl.net</a><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Cialug mailing list<br>> > <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:Cialug@cialug.org">
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<br><br><br></span></div><br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Brandon Griffis" <<a href="mailto:brandongriffis@gmail.com">brandongriffis@gmail.com</a>><br>To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <
<a href="mailto:cialug@cialug.org">cialug@cialug.org</a>><br>Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:42:24 +0000<br>Subject: Re: [Cialug] So who didn't see this one coming?<br>I doubt they're going after any projects. In everything I've read from Balmer he's not once used the word patient or copyright, it's always "IP". I think we're just talking about FUD threats. The problem is that Novell has lent those threats credibility by making this deal.
<br><br>-G<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/17/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tony Jeffries</b> <<a href="mailto:ajeffri@loopysite.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
ajeffri@loopysite.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Fri, November 17, 2006 10:24, <a href="mailto:Daniel.Juliano@wellsfargo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Daniel.Juliano@wellsfargo.com</a> wrote:<br><snip><br>> My concern is Microsoft might never attack property in The Kernel (tm),
<br>> as wayyy too many companies are involved in it's development, but it
<br>> would be relatively easy to attack some of the key applications that<br>> make running linux worthwhile.<br><br>My thought is that, as someone else said, they're going after Samba, or<br>that they're going after OpenOffice.
<br><br>Those are the two I'm concerned about.<br><br>--<br>Tony Jeffries<br><a href="mailto:ajeffri@loopysite.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">ajeffri@loopysite.org</a><br><a href="mailto:n0nro@arrl.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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