Microsoft and Novell...

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It would seem that Microsoft and Novell have entered into a "partnership" of sorts. Early reports suggested that Microsoft had actually bought Novell, but that seems to have been premature.

Here's an article by Cnet explaining things a bit:

http://news.com.com/Microsoft+makes+Linux+pact+with+Novell/2100-1016_3-6132119.html

And here's Novell's official response:

http://www.novell.com/linux/microsoft/faq_opensource.html

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More thoughts on the deal:

http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1000121

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I think this could turn into a bad thing but only time will tell. Novel won't last long after Microsoft is done with them.

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