[CS-FSLUG] MS Pays Off Novell

[Josiah Ritchie]

On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 05:54, Norbert Bollow wrote:
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> Don Parris <gnumathetes at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Well, at least Novell got something out MS.  Next up, SCO!  (I guess...)
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> > http://apnews.excite.com/article/20041108/D867UDU80.html
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> The only question is how to explain the departure of Chris Stone
> (who used to be the main force in Novell's top management in
> favor of Novell's support for FOSS) just a few days prior to this
> announcement.  Certainly by the time that Stone resigned from his
> post, he must have known at least that this settlement is likely
> to happen.
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> I can't see how this can be explained unless the money from
> Microsoft has some strings attached which have not been publicly
> disclosed.

Interesting new info. Thanks