Comments on: Microsoft, Novell Continue Unlikely Windows-Linux Partnership http://www.xconomy.com/national/2008/08/20/microsoft-novell-continue-unlikely-windows-linux-partnership/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: joshuadf http://www.xconomy.com/national/2008/08/20/microsoft-novell-continue-unlikely-windows-linux-partnership/comment-page-1/#comment-26472 joshuadf Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:04:55 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=4413#comment-26472 Thanks for the article, I hope Microsoft's pragmatic stance continues since it definitely helps those of us who live in the real world of mixed computing environments. The "IP peace of mind" part is about Microsoft's claims that Linux violates their IP, and that leading Linux vendor <a href="http://www.redhat.com/legal/patent_policy.html" rel="nofollow">Red Hat does not license Microsoft patents</a> like Novell is doing. Also, there are a lot more virtualization technologies out there, including KVM (included in Red Hat's oVirt) and VirtualBox (recently purchased by Sun). Thanks for the article, I hope Microsoft’s pragmatic stance continues since it definitely helps those of us who live in the real world of mixed computing environments.

The “IP peace of mind” part is about Microsoft’s claims that Linux violates their IP, and that leading Linux vendor Red Hat does not license Microsoft patents like Novell is doing.

Also, there are a lot more virtualization technologies out there, including KVM (included in Red Hat’s oVirt) and VirtualBox (recently purchased by Sun).

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