Comments on: First Fruit of Novell’s (Known) Microsoft Patent License? http://techrights.org/2007/06/19/first-fruit-of-novells-known-microsoft-patent-license/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: camille.elemia http://techrights.org/2007/06/19/first-fruit-of-novells-known-microsoft-patent-license/comment-page-1/#comment-2071 camille.elemia Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:17:25 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/06/19/first-fruit-of-novells-known-microsoft-patent-license/#comment-2071 Hi guys! I am Camille, from the Philippines. I am really curious about Novell. Especially recently when it was really involved in lawsuits. Is it okay if I ask for your expert opinions? I really believe you are the best ones to ask regarding this matter. ;) I have read in an article that Novell's CEO Ron Hovsepian explained rather than defended his company's deal with Microsoft. These are his exact words, "I know our deal with Microsoft is controversial, but it is necessary for our customers who have to deal with both Linux and Windows in their data centers. Virtualization is also going to have to deal with both of those operating systems." What can you say about this? I am starting to think this will have huge present and future impacts to IBM, which is obviously a big competitor of Microsoft. I am also wondering because IBM and Novell are partners as well. But IBM and Microsoft are competitors. I believe the court's decision decision on Novell’s ownership will be more favorable to IBM. What do you think will be IBM’s benefits? I hope you guys will help me in understanding this mind - boggling world of "competing partnerships." (Hehe, I'd like to call it that way). You can email me at camille.elemia@gmail.com. Thank you! :) Hi guys! I am Camille, from the Philippines. I am really curious about Novell. Especially recently when it was really involved in lawsuits. Is it okay if I ask for your expert opinions? I really believe you are the best ones to ask regarding this matter. ;)

I have read in an article that Novell’s CEO Ron Hovsepian explained rather than defended his company’s deal with Microsoft. These are his exact words, “I know our deal with Microsoft is controversial, but it is necessary for our customers who have to deal with both Linux and Windows in their data centers. Virtualization is also going to have to deal with both of those operating systems.”

What can you say about this? I am starting to think this will have huge present and future impacts to IBM, which is obviously a big competitor of Microsoft.

I am also wondering because IBM and Novell are partners as well. But IBM and Microsoft are competitors. I believe the court’s decision decision on Novell’s ownership will be more favorable to IBM. What do you think will be IBM’s benefits?

I hope you guys will help me in understanding this mind – boggling world of “competing partnerships.” (Hehe, I’d like to call it that way). You can email me at camille.elemia@gmail.com.

Thank you! :)

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2007/06/19/first-fruit-of-novells-known-microsoft-patent-license/comment-page-1/#comment-1004 Roy Schestowitz Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:35:10 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/06/19/first-fruit-of-novells-known-microsoft-patent-license/#comment-1004 > "Is this a case of competition between Novell and the community..." Some things never change. > “Is this a case of competition between Novell and the community…”

Some things never change.

]]> By: Shane Coyle http://techrights.org/2007/06/19/first-fruit-of-novells-known-microsoft-patent-license/comment-page-1/#comment-1000 Shane Coyle Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:16:16 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/06/19/first-fruit-of-novells-known-microsoft-patent-license/#comment-1000 Over at ZDnet, <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=165" rel="nofollow">"The Virtualization Man" also has some concerns about the nature of Novell's proprietary Windows Driver Pack for Xen</a>. <blockquote cite="http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=165"> I’m sure that you’ll notice that XenSource points out that they’re offering drivers for enhanced disk and network performance, multi-processor guests, etc. Is this a case of competition between Novell and the community that provided the technology Novell is using in SUSE Linux Enterprise 10? Does Novell have an agreement with XenSource and didn’t bother to mention the (Xen)Source of these drivers? If Novell developed these drivers, we need to see when and if Novell will contribute these drivers to the Linux and Xen community efforts. If this is a competition between Novell and XenSource? If so, does the community lose? What’s your opinion? </blockquote> Over at ZDnet, "The Virtualization Man" also has some concerns about the nature of Novell’s proprietary Windows Driver Pack for Xen.

I’m sure that you’ll notice that XenSource points out that they’re offering drivers for enhanced disk and network performance, multi-processor guests, etc.

Is this a case of competition between Novell and the community that provided the technology Novell is using in SUSE Linux Enterprise 10? Does Novell have an agreement with XenSource and didn’t bother to mention the (Xen)Source of these drivers?

If Novell developed these drivers, we need to see when and if Novell will contribute these drivers to the Linux and Xen community efforts. If this is a competition between Novell and XenSource? If so, does the community lose? What’s your opinion?

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