The following link is the 16-page report from the 2007 Open Source Think Tank(pdf). http://thinktank.olliancegroup.com/ostt2007report.pdf Some of the participants see a future convergence of open and proprietary development strategies... mostly driven I think by M$. Among the topics (including GPLv3) was a presentation by M$-Novell--- from the first paragraph: "Due to the controversy around the Microsoft-Novell deal represented in Mark Radcliffe’s presentation, the conference hosts gave Microsoft and Novell the opportunity to explain the agreement from their perspective. Microsoft was represented by Sam Ramji, Director of Open Source Technical Strategy, while Novell was represented by Justin Steinman, Director of Marketing Linux and Open Platforms." -- Kind regards, M Harris <>< -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org