Groklaw compares Blackboard's supposedly-good deed to Novell's big mistake.

The Blackboard Patent Pledge - Novell II?

There's another issue some are raising: Moodle is licensed under the GPL. Blackboard, then, appears to be attempting to place restrictions on GPL'd code by means of its nonassertion pledge, particularly as explained in the FAQ, which is incorporated by reference.

Here is something that resembles Novell's loveaffair with Microsoft, which is forced upon those who are repelled by it.

Microsoft seems to have hijacked Linux Asia

Was the general feel amongst the attendees at Linux Asia 2007; MS however, just wanted to say ''let us walk hand-in-hand''

Lastly, after a couple of frowned-upon delays, Novell sets a date for its financial results to go public.

Form 8-K for NOVELL INC

Novell, Inc. will issue a press release providing an overview of financial results for its first fiscal quarter of 2007 on Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 4pm ET.