Upgrading to Firefox 2.0?

[Simon]

You must have missed a lot, cause the agreement was all about Linux,
to my understanding.  And from last Friday, this completely confirms
the "Novell sells out" hypothesis:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2050848,00.asp?kc=EWEWEMNL103006EP17A

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.

"I suspect that [customers] will take that issue up with their
distributor," Ballmer said. Or if customers are considering doing a
direct download of a non-SUSE Linux version, "they'll think twice
about that," he said.

However, Ballmer did not say whether Microsoft had any plans to file
patent infringement suits against other Linux distributors.


Seeing as how I read that on Saturday, one can understand why I said I
hope someone legally terminates this FUD-mongering.

Simon

On 11/6/06, Mike Kallies <mike.kallies-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I'm not worried abotu the MS/Novell news, Novell is in a lot of
> business other than just Linux.  I might be missing something but does
> anyone have info that there is any connection between this agreement
> and "Linux IP?"
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