[ale] SCO loses again: jury says Novell owns UNIX SVRXcopyrights

[Chuck Payne]

On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Lightner, Jeff <jlightner at water.com> wrote:
> Interesting:
>
> http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-03-23-024-35-OP-MS-N
> V
>
> Apparently an offer to buy Novell by a hedge fund got rejected.  However
> in another story link on the above site it says Novell indicated they
> would welcome other offers.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Preston Boyington
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 9:28 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: Re: [ale] SCO loses again: jury says Novell owns UNIX
> SVRXcopyrights
>
> Geoffrey wrote:
> <snipped>
>> We all do realize that Novell owns SuSE?
>>
>
> yes, and that they signed that (5 year?) deal with Microsoft a while
> back.
>
> I never cared how Novell played that game of 'use us because we're
> "legal" and you might get sued if you use any other Linux software.'
>
> I understand having strategic business alliances, but... c'mon.
>
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For the record. The Novell Microsoft deal, only effect things with the
Enterprise Edition Of SUSE, openSUSE is not, and I repeat effected by
the deal. That has hurt us because many think it covers us, but it
does not.

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