techp.org — "Novell and Microsoft's software patent agreement betrays the rest of the Free Software community, including the very people who wrote Novell's own system, for Novell's sole financial benefit. Join Bruce Perens in signing an open letter to Novell's CEO Ron Hovsepian."
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chicken001Nov 23, 2006
This is absurd. This is a self-fish act that Novell pulled. I sore oath to never support retail software, and this is pushing the limit. I have recently switched from Windows to Linux, and OpenSuse was the first distro I have used. Shortly, I read that OpenSUSE was owned by Novell and I remember that name as a well-respected company. Now, they're self-fish as hell, and because of this, I have switched to Ubuntu and burned all my SUSE cd's. To hell with Novell, how could they back stab the Open-Source community that SUSE it is built upon?! This is like saying, a hockey team wins the cup and the coach is like, "Haha, I've done it. Now i'm rich, i'm going to fire you all, and move this team down south." Novell is doomed. Microsoft is evil.Or well, here is my 2 cents. I've signed it with that same paragraph.
burkeNov 23, 2006
Digg that guy all the way down to Redmond.
burkeNov 23, 2006
...but a crushing blow for Linux.
excessiveNov 23, 2006
Signed. It is interesting to note that everybody's comments are same on this regard.R.I.P Novell. You really deserved it.
smartitguyNov 23, 2006
And the great news is...Since stockholders can now take legal action against CEO's, hopefully Novell has shot itself in the foot bad enough that the stockholders end up launching lawsuits against CEO Ron Hovsepian, when their stock value plummets.
smartitguyNov 23, 2006
Considering CEO Ron Hovsepian would without hesitation throw his own mom into a wood-chipper for just enough money to buy his morning coffee, I really don't think he gives a rat's ass what anyone is saying about him or Novell in the petition.He sold his soul for cash, and only his/Novell's shareholders can affect him.
somerandomnerdNov 23, 2006
Software Patent law is so f**ked up that it's virtually inevitable that Microsoft patents have been infringed. Here's about five thousand patents that Microsoft have registered;<a class="user" href="http://www.patentgenius.com/assignee/MicrosoftCorporation.html">http://www.patentgenius.com/assignee/MicrosoftCorporation.html</a>
zeroraidenNov 23, 2006
I agree, all it's on the money.A lot of companies are going to continue using Windows and also are interested in trying out the Linux platform, it's going to be a sunny year for those that gives an "magic" bullet to integrate both platforms.That's the catch. That's all. Maybe Novell has sold his soul, and maybe it's going to represent the beginning of the death of Novell, but come on, A lot of "specialists" have said that Novell is dead since about at least 10 years, but they still on the move, their IDM suite kicks ass more than Microsoft's option. The problem has been always the marketing, but Microsoft is incredible unsuccessful in that area, and i think that Novell wants to be into that game too.
smartitguyNov 23, 2006
Someone please SHOOT Gates, Ballmer, Hovsepian, McBride and all their lawyers!These 4 men and their counsel are destroying the US economy through their bulls**t patents. ...Come to think of it, someone please shoot all those who issue software patents...What's the US gonna do when no-one wants to touch anything that comes from the US, out of fear of litigation?Even new trade agreement negotiations with other nations will not force people to buy US goods when people are too afraid of the consequences of doing business with Americans.I hope in the end there is a massive witch-hunt to lynch these 4 @$$holes that destroyed the American software industry.