Microsoft, Novell and Unintended Consequences
Remember when AOL thought it was doing the world's researchers a big favor and made a boatload of online user behavior data openly available? Remember the unintended consequences? Well, thanks to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's recent transparency on his beliefs about Linux and Windows, we have a similar unintended educational consequence in the works.
Not only was the Microsoft-Novell agreement apparently hastily acted upon with less than crystal-clear mutual understanding, but the two now "agree to disagree" on whether Microsoft's intellectual property is being misused in Linux, be it Suse or otherwise. As a result, the world's Linux users should now have a better appreciation for the legal perils of installing Linux.
Microsoft must think the world has been in the dark on the true cost of Linux, once the legal costs are factored, that is. Indeed, the world must be blind to these risks, given the burgeoning use and interest in Linux and other open source Latest News about open source products. According to a recent survey at least partially backed by IBM, Linux has never been more attractive.
Nonetheless, Microsoft wants it both ways.
Full Story @ LinuxInsider.com.
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