On Wednesday 15 November 2006 20:48, M Harris wrote:
M$ FUD isn't working these days... in fact... having thought this out for a few days now... I'm beginning to think that what we see on the surface might just actually be true: M$ may be *afraid* that if they don't play fair, and play soon, they might be in a near position of not being able to play at all.
You might be right. Early reports on the street was that Novell caught MS in a clear infringement in Vista, and this deal had to be hurried up so Vista could be sent to manufacturing. That might explain why MS will pay Novell WAY more than Novell will pay MS, with the latter payments being a face-saving measure for MS. Oddly enough, this story was printed far and wide, but most trace back to http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/the_morning_after so it might just be made up. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org