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Various responses to Microsoft/NovellVarious responses to Microsoft/NovellPosted Nov 3, 2006 20:14 UTC (Fri) by danieldk (guest, #27876)Parent article: Various responses to Microsoft/Novell
And things are getting less pretty:
"Such talks would be a good idea, Ballmer suggested, since now only Novell's SUSE Linux customers are the only Linux vendors that have any assurance that Microsoft won't sue for patent infringement."
"The distributors of other versions of Linux cannot assure their customers that Microsoft won't sue for patent infringement. "If a customer says, 'Look, do we have liability for the use of your patented work?' Essentially, If you're using non-SUSE Linux, then I'd say the answer is yes," Ballmer said."
Did Novell open the box of Pandora? I guess that we'll see.
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Various responses to Microsoft/Novell Posted Nov 3, 2006 20:59 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] Microsoft, the Mafia, what's the difference? Increasingly little in termsof business methods, that's clear. Business by threat.
Charming.
Various responses to Microsoft/Novell Posted Nov 4, 2006 21:24 UTC (Sat) by bojan (subscriber, #14302) [Link] I personally prefer this one:
> Or if customers are considering doing a direct download of a non-SUSE Linux version, "they'll think twice about that," he said.
If this isn't a direct threat, I don't know what is.
Various responses to Microsoft/Novell Posted Nov 5, 2006 2:44 UTC (Sun) by daniel (subscriber, #3181) [Link] Such talks would be a good idea, Ballmer suggested, since now only Novell's SUSE Linux customers are the only Linux vendors that have any assurance that Microsoft won't sue for patent infringement.So now Steve Ballmer threatens to add barratry to Microsoft's long list of illegal monopolizing tactics.
Various responses to Microsoft/Novell Posted Nov 5, 2006 22:15 UTC (Sun) by gfranken (subscriber, #22822) [Link] Yes, Ballmer's comments are being quoted and cross-posted on many Linuxsites. And they send a chill down my spine.
One person a few comments back said:
"by no means will Microsoft wield a software patent against a competitor
I'm not so confident that Microsoft will wait. And if Microsoft, a US
I rarely push the panic button, but this time, I view this Novell/SUSE
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