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Submission + - IBM sees Novell-Microsoft deal benefiting Linux

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Azul

on Wednesday November 22, 2006 @12:15PM

Azul writes: "In an interview, Scott Handy, IBM's VP of Worldwide Linux and Open Source, decided to state IBM's position on the recent Novell-Microsoft agreement. "IBM has long supported interoperability between Windows and Linux. As supporters of open source and open standards, we applaud any effort to bridge this gap." According to Handy, Novell has been quite clear that they had never agreed that Microsoft had any proof of Microsoft patent violations in Linux. IBM will be making "no change in our partnership with Novell.""

Submission + - Novell: Linux does not violate Microsoft patents

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Azul

on Monday November 20, 2006 @08:54PM

Azul writes: "Ron Hovsepian, Novell's CEO, has posted an open letter to the Community, where he explicitly states Novell disagreement with Steve Ballmer's claims of Linux infringuing Microsoft's intellectual property:
We disagree with the recent statements made by Microsoft on the topic of Linux and patents. Importantly, our agreement with Microsoft is in no way an acknowledgment that Linux infringes upon any Microsoft intellectual property. When we entered the patent cooperation agreement with Microsoft, Novell did not agree or admit that Linux or any other Novell offering violates Microsoft patents.
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