Confused silence over Mono and Silverlight

seen earlier today in alt.os.linux.suse:

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Anybody who uses Mono and Silverlight applications should read this
article.

<http://www.itwire.COM/content/view/25215/1090/1/0/>
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very interesting, makes even me wonder just how tightly Novell has
cozied up next to the Dark Side..

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natural_pilot

[hendersj]

On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:06:42 +0000, natural_pilot wrote:

> very interesting, makes even me wonder just how tightly Novell has
> cozied up next to the Dark Side..

IT Wire sure does put out interesting FUD, I'll give them that. Last
time it was their April 1st joke article about Novell being acquired and
then the assumption that because they got a response from Novell's PR
department that maybe there was something to it.

As for how tightly Novell has "cozied up next to the Dark Side", why
don't you go over and read the deposition of Bill Gates in the ongoing
antitrust litigation Novell has going on against Microsoft?

Jim

> As for how tightly Novell has "cozied up next to the Dark Side", why
> don't you go over and read the deposition of Bill Gates in the ongoing
> antitrust litigation Novell has going on against Microsoft?

have an URL to that..

and, maybe another one to the official Novell response to the FUD in
IT Wire..

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natural_pilot

[1michael1]

Originally Posted by hendersj

On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:06:42 +0000, natural_pilot wrote:

> very interesting, makes even me wonder just how tightly Novell has
> cozied up next to the Dark Side..

IT Wire sure does put out interesting FUD, I'll give them that. Last
time it was their April 1st joke article about Novell being acquired and
then the assumption that because they got a response from Novell's PR
department that maybe there was something to it.

As for how tightly Novell has "cozied up next to the Dark Side", why
don't you go over and read the deposition of Bill Gates in the ongoing
antitrust litigation Novell has going on against Microsoft?

Jim

You know the sign. $ if you have like Bill Gates you can get everything only one you can`t get with the money is Love and have own Family.
I know in fact what will happen with Microsoft and Novell opps.

Mike

[buckesfeld]

* natural_pilot wrote, On 06/01/2009 07:06 AM:

> very interesting, makes even me wonder just how tightly Novell has
> cozied up next to the Dark Side..

When you play close to Microsoft's (or any other company's) area of interest, you are asking for legal trouble. Nobody will sue you for tinkering with a technology for sole personal purposes, but as soon as you start making money with it, that's where legal departments start talking to you.

Totally normal in the world of capitalism.

How deal with it?
Approach A: No patents. Is it going to happen soon, if at all? I don't think so.
Approach B: Non-aggression pacts. That's what Novell and Microsoft did. Richard Stallman will call you a heretic, but as long as you are using Suse, you are safe from Microsoft's legal department.

If you are a home user/hobby coder or an open source activist, choose A. If you want to run a business, choose B.

My 2ct.

Uwe

[hendersj]

On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:38:13 +0000, natural_pilot wrote:

>> As for how tightly Novell has "cozied up next to the Dark Side", why
>> don't you go over and read the deposition of Bill Gates in the ongoing
>> antitrust litigation Novell has going on against Microsoft?
>
> have an URL to that..

Try groklaw. That's where I read about it.

> and, maybe another one to the official Novell response to the FUD in IT
> Wire..

I don't know that there is one. If Novell's PR team spent their time
answering every bit of FUD that's out on the 'net, they'd never get any
other work done.

Jim

[GofBorg]

> As for how tightly Novell has "cozied up next to the Dark Side", why
> don't you go over and read the deposition of Bill Gates in the ongoing
> antitrust litigation Novell has going on against Microsoft?

Isn't that the DR DOS thing?

[microchip8]

Originally Posted by GofBorg

> As for how tightly Novell has "cozied up next to the Dark Side", why
> don't you go over and read the deposition of Bill Gates in the ongoing
> antitrust litigation Novell has going on against Microsoft?

Isn't that the DR DOS thing?

A bit more than that

Groklaw - A Battle Over Deposing Bill Gates in the Novell v. Microsoft Antitrust Litigation

[hendersj]

On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:52:36 +0000, GofBorg wrote:

>> As for how tightly Novell has "cozied up next to the Dark Side", why
>> don't you go over and read the deposition of Bill Gates in the ongoing
>> antitrust litigation Novell has going on against Microsoft?
>
> Isn't that the DR DOS thing?

Nope, it's the Wordperfect thing.

Jim

[GofBorg]

>
> Nope, it's the Wordperfect thing.

Ironically, we still have a copy of Novell Word Perfect in use. LOL.