Microsoft/Novell Partnership

[Scott Elcomb]

On 11/2/06, John McGregor <mr.mcgregor-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> To be honest, I was sort of expecting a play along these lines. With IBM
> very likely to prevail in its request for summary judgment, and Novell
> likely to win in the copyright dispute, the licenses that Microsoft
> bought from SCO are now virtually worthless. In the event that any
> linux, unix, and / or SCO code made its way into Vista, Microsoft is
> going to be in need of a cheap out. Dumping a few $million (by a company
> with very deep pockets) into a venture that will die silently in a
> couple of years would seem to be a logical method of achieving such an aim.

Lol, I should read my mail in choronological order.  Heh.

What you've described also sounds like a well executed diversion.

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