Steinman characterized the deal as good for the open source movement, and referred to it as the deal that "put Linux in Walmart and Nationwide Bank" (Umm, Walmart already had Linux Justin - don't know about Nationwide off the top of my head), and we all know sometimes Justin has a gift for making bombastic statements, fumbling his words or spinning the words of others, so it is alway precarious to base our speculation on Justin's statements.
A choice between "masters" (or "master race") is a false choice that results in mass exploitation and ultimately eradication (when there's little left to exploit)
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Roy Schestowitz
2007-05-24 08:19:50
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070524/tc_infoworld/88804;_ylt=ArgeHJ2EfyFte1wawVRe4qcjtBAF
Or here:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/05/23/novell_microsoft_defend_patent_deal_1.html
The link in in the item points at the EFF scoop.