years in the past this month, in November 2006, Microsoft inked its controversial cross-licensing pact with Novell. exchange for Microsoft distributing to its prospects certificates for Novell’s SuSE Linux, Novell basically conceded that its implementation of Linux violated Microsoft patents and agreed its people needed patent-enforcement protection. (That’s not how Novell or Microsoft likes to portray the arrangement, but that’s what it boiled down to,
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microsoft office 2010 serial sale, a lot has happened. the first few months after Novell and Microsoft announced their deal, Microsoft convinced a number of smaller Linux players they needed similar “patent protection” coverage. Among those who signed on Microsoft’s dotted patent-infringement line: Linspire and Xandros. Hat held firm and wouldn’t succumb to CEO Steve Ballmer’s infringement sabre-rattling. In March 2007, Yankee Group issued a study noting that Novell’s share was growing vis-a-vis Red Hat’s, and said Microsoft’s certificate distribution was the main reason. And Microsoft and Novell proudly touted buyers who they claimed were eager to seek shelter from potential Microsoft patent lawsuits by signing up for SuSE Linux. February 2007,
office 2010 Standard 32bit, Ballmer stated in no uncertain terms that the deal between Microsoft and Novell was proof that open-source vendors need to respect Microsoft’s intellectual property. One month later,Microsoft licensing officials made the bold (and as still publicly unsupported) claim that Linux and other free software violated 235 Microsoft patents. definitely benefited financially from the Microsoft pact. Its deal with Microsoft helped keep Novell in business, some industry watchers went so far as to say. But Novell came to be seen by many open source purists as a sell-out and little more than Microsoft’s patsy in Redmond’s ongoing Windows vs. Linux and closed-source vs. open-source battles. the past year, there have been no new Linux vendors lining up to sign patent-protection deals. Microsoft’s open-source backers, led by Sam Ramji & Co., have been endeavoring to undo some of the damage Ballmer’s anti-open-source rhetoric has done since Novell and Microsoft signed their agreement. would you rate the two-year old Microsoft-Novell deal, at this point? A positive for buyers,
microsoft office 2010 Standard key, but a negative for Novell? A win for all parties (Microsoft, potential customers and Novell)? A wash? Microsoft issued a press release on November 18 to commemorate the Novell-Microsoft anniversary. is citing interoperability advances (that I’ve always thought would have been possible without the pact) and new prospects as proof that the relationship has been a resounding success. From the release: the second year of their business collaboration agreement, Microsoft and Novell have added more than 200 new joint consumers,
discount win 7 license, including Alticor Inc., BP Oil International Ltd. and China Mobile Ltd., which are receiving certificates from Microsoft for three-year priority support subscriptions for Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. When the five-year agreement was signed in November 2006, Microsoft purchased certificates to sell to potential customers, which then redeemed those certificates with Novell for a subscription to SUSE Enterprise. In the first two many years of the agreement, Novell has invoiced more than 70 percent of the original certificate purchase.”