Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (144 mails)

["Dominique Leuenberger" <Dominique.Leuenberger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>> Reply on 21-11-2006 13:43:41 <<<

> On Tuesday 21 November 2006 12:29, Kevin Donnelly wrote:
> > On Tuesday 21 November 2006 09:52, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> > > There's now an letter from our CEO Ron Hovsepian, I quote it in
> full
> > > below,
> >
> > This is a very useful development.  Paragraphs 3:
> > > Our interest in signing this agreement ...
> >
> > and 5:
> > > We disagree with the recent statements made by Microsoft
> >
> > are particularly helpful.
> 
> What is this?  Doesn't smell right.
> 
>
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/nov06/11-20Statement.mspx
> 
> "We at Microsoft respect Novell's point of view on the patent
issue,
> even 
> while we respectfully take a different view. Novell is absolutely
right
> in 
> stating that it did not admit or acknowledge any patent problems as
part
> of 
> entering into the patent collaboration agreement. At Microsoft we
> undertook 
> our own analysis of our patent portfolio and concluded that it was
> necessary 
> and important to create a patent covenant for customers of these
> products. We 
> are gratified that such a solution is now in place."
> 

I would say that Microsoft checked their software and found out that
they were infringing Novell Patents. For this reason they pushed to this
agreement and are now happy they have their customers save.

Dominique
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