[Cialug] So who didn't see this one coming?

[carl-olsen at mchsi.com]

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.

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From: "Brandon Griffis" <brandongriffis at gmail.com>
> 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.
> 
> -G
> 
> On 11/17/06, Tony Jeffries <ajeffri at loopysite.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, November 17, 2006 10:24, Daniel.Juliano at wellsfargo.com wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > My concern is Microsoft might never attack property in The Kernel (tm),
> > > as wayyy too many companies are involved in it's development, but it
> > > would be relatively easy to attack some of the key applications that
> > > make running linux worthwhile.
> >
> > My thought is that, as someone else said, they're going after Samba, or
> > that they're going after OpenOffice.
> >
> > Those are the two I'm concerned about.
> >
> > --
> > Tony Jeffries
> > ajeffri at loopysite.org
> > n0nro at arrl.net
> >
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