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Will Novell survie?

Posted Nov 3, 2006 16:53 UTC (Fri) by chel (guest, #11544)
Parent article: Various responses to Microsoft/Novell

INAL, but statistically chances of surviving a partnership with Microsoft are minimal. The deal will at least give more insight in the power of GPL. GPL terms may have as a result that downloading a Suse free distribution gives you imunity against MS patent claims.

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