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Hell Freezes Over: Microsoft Supporting Linux

Look for Beelzebub to stroll around in long underwear with a Windows logo on it, now that Microsoft has opted to have its Silverlight media player supported on Linux.

SCO Thwarted In Unix Decision

A federal judge ruled the copyrights to the Unix operating system belong to Novell, not SCO, after years of aggressive litigation by SCO.

Novell Could Loose Access To New Linux Versions

Make a deal with a big closed source company and the FSF (Free Software Foundation) may pull your access rights to Linux Distro's. At least that is what Novell is facing this week.

Samba's Allison Dumps Novell For Google

The deal between Microsoft and Novell that will promote SuSE Linux to Windows customers proved too much for Jeremy Allison, who has cited it as his reason for departing Novell and its SuSE Linux team.

Novell Banks On New Microsoft Customers

The agreement between Novell and Microsoft on marketing SuSE Linux to Microsoft customers seeking a heterogenous environment of Windows and Linux servers has been bolstered by a trio of deals with financial institutions.

Novell Disputes Criticism Of Microsoft Deal

The agreement between Novell and Microsoft that will have salespeople offering Windows and Linux to customers had triggered substantial criticism, to which Novell has responded.

Enterprise 2.0 in a Box

A small dream of mine came true. We've been preaching an ecosystem of tools for some time now. We've helped customers stitch them together in interesting ways.

Oracle & Red Hat's Symbiotic Relationship

There is a symbiotic relationship between Oracle & Red Hat now. Yes there was one before with Oracle's database business on Linux, but it's even more intertwined now.

The Patent Ploy

Microsoft to Offer Sales Support for Novell's Suse Linux... Huh? Did I hear that right? Yep, there it is again: Linux to work with Windows.

Reconsidering The Value Of OSS Indemnification

With Microsoft agreeing not to sue Novell SLES Support Subscription customers for patent infringement issues, maybe it's time to reconsider the value of OSS indemnification?