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		Microsoft and Novell shack up Created by Stuart Yeates (University of Oxford) on November 6, 2006 There's been a swathe of coverage of this, but the best I've seen is at Groklaw: Novell Sells Out. Seriously though, I can understand why they have sold out. For a small tech company with stagnant growth, Microsoft's money and resources must have a black hole-like attraction, because these companies have legal obligations to give their share holders value for money. cheers, stuart 6708 \| Groklaw \| intellectual property rights \| Linux \| novell \| open_source \| Patents Stuart's blog Login or register to post comments 3993 reads $348 million was the price Submitted by Stuart Yeates (University of Oxford) on November 8, 2006 - 1:35am. More details are emerging of this. It looks like $348 million was the price, and a very carefully structured agreement to work around the GPL. More information at: http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS7235986827.html http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20061107194320461 Login or register to post comments
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