Comments on: Quick Mention: Microsoft Insider Takes Over VMWare http://techrights.org/2008/07/08/vmaritzware-suicide/ 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/2008/07/08/vmaritzware-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-14490 Roy Schestowitz Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:35:51 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/08/vmaritzware-suicide/#comment-14490 Wow. Reading it now after all this time is enlightening. I don't think he was /supposed/ to say some of these things. OpenSUSE. Covered. Covenants. Not for commercial use... Wow. Reading it now after all this time is enlightening. I don’t think he was /supposed/ to say some of these things.

OpenSUSE. Covered. Covenants. Not for commercial use…

]]> By: Shane Coyle http://techrights.org/2008/07/08/vmaritzware-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-14489 Shane Coyle Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:01:09 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/07/08/vmaritzware-suicide/#comment-14489 And now <a href="http://boycottnovell.com/2006/12/27/stafford-masie-presentation-at-citi-forum-transcript/" rel="nofollow">a word from Stafford Masie, formerly of Novell,</a> about the Microsoft Novell deal and VMware... <blockquote> ...virtualization is very very key, customers want to utilize Linux as either a host operating system with Microsoft as a guest operating system, or vice versa, and yes wea re going to support the XEN technology there, the XEN hypervisor technology, Microsoft is going to support it too. Yes, there is a competitive angle there, yes we’re coming at VMware yes yes yes we are, ok thats part of it because but we’re doing it in an open source way, so were going to support the XEN technologies in our server platforms and togther collaborate and ensure it works properly, supported properly, etc Now as far as thats concerned, thats the technology aspects of it, now its broad from a Linux perspective, they’re essentially saying that anyone who is an OpenSUSE contributor is covered under the covenant. the covenant essentially is a patent agreement between Novell and Microsoft that says if you participate in the OpenSUSE distribution… as long as its not for commercial gain, that you are covered by this covenant, that they will not exercise what they believe is their patent rights… </blockquote> FWIW And now a word from Stafford Masie, formerly of Novell, about the Microsoft Novell deal and VMware…

…virtualization is very very key, customers want to utilize Linux as either a host operating system with Microsoft as a guest operating system, or vice versa, and yes wea re going to support the XEN technology there, the XEN hypervisor technology, Microsoft is going to support it too. Yes, there is a competitive angle there, yes we’re coming at VMware yes yes yes we are, ok thats part of it because but we’re doing it in an open source way, so were going to support the XEN technologies in our server platforms and togther collaborate and ensure it works properly, supported properly, etc

Now as far as thats concerned, thats the technology aspects of it, now its broad from a Linux perspective, they’re essentially saying that anyone who is an OpenSUSE contributor is covered under the covenant. the covenant essentially is a patent agreement between Novell and Microsoft that says if you participate in the OpenSUSE distribution… as long as its not for commercial gain, that you are covered by this covenant, that they will not exercise what they believe is their patent rights…

FWIW

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