Comments on: Matt Asay Agrees — Novell is a Slave to Microsoft, Carrier of the Moonlight ‘Infection’ (Updated) http://techrights.org/2007/09/08/novell-moonlight-carrier/ 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: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2007/09/08/novell-moonlight-carrier/comment-page-1/#comment-1981 Roy Schestowitz Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:30:35 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/09/08/novell-moonlight-carrier/#comment-1981 I see Simon there as well. I exchanged some words with him in another thread yesterday (UseNet, not Google Groups). The words that you cite are indeed suicidal, so thanks for this. From <a href="http://www.groklaw.net/newsitems.php" rel="nofollow">Groklaw news Picks</a>: "...this leaves out a lot that Novell does well....It's heading in the right direction...the code quality is quite high...I don't think I have to go far out on a limb to suggest that no one does better Linux desktop engineering (and associated Linux desktop market execution) than Novell." [PJ: Here's a question. If you are a football player, and you catch the ball and run like the wind in the wrong direction, will folks notice your superior running ability or that you made a touchdown for the wrong team?] I see Simon there as well. I exchanged some words with him in another thread yesterday (UseNet, not Google Groups). The words that you cite are indeed suicidal, so thanks for this.

From Groklaw news Picks:

“…this leaves out a lot that Novell does well….It’s heading in the right direction…the code quality is quite high…I don’t think I have to go far out on a limb to suggest that no one does better Linux desktop engineering (and associated Linux desktop market execution) than Novell.”

[PJ: Here's a question. If you are a football player, and you catch the ball and run like the wind in the wrong direction, will folks notice your superior running ability or that you made a touchdown for the wrong team?]

]]> By: Victor Soliz http://techrights.org/2007/09/08/novell-moonlight-carrier/comment-page-1/#comment-1979 Victor Soliz Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:57:25 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/09/08/novell-moonlight-carrier/#comment-1979 Roy, you should take a look to this : http://groups.google.com/group/tiraniaorg-blog-comments/browse_thread/thread/2a07b8b50038d8c8/57a3560ebfed98a4?lnk=gst&q=patents&rnum=1#57a3560ebfed98a4 In Miguel's own words "OOXML is a superb standard much better than the others" and in order to legally use the 'open source' project moonlight is you will have to "download it from novell": "Not as long as you get/download Moonlight from Novell which will include patent coverage. " Roy, you should take a look to this : http://groups.google.com/group/tiraniaorg-blog-comments/browse_thread/thread/2a07b8b50038d8c8/57a3560ebfed98a4?lnk=gst&q=patents&rnum=1#57a3560ebfed98a4

In Miguel’s own words “OOXML is a superb standard much better than the others” and in order to legally use the ‘open source’ project moonlight is you will have to “download it from novell”:

“Not as long as you get/download Moonlight from Novell which will include patent coverage. “

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