[Streetz]

I read a bit of this in the elevator coming into work and thought I'd share.

Microsoft backs Novell's Linux platform
POSTED: 9:52 a.m. EST, November 3, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. has embraced Novell Inc.'s open-source software platform, forming a technological truce between two longtime antagonists who want to make it easier for the still-dominant Windows operating system and the increasingly popular Linux system to work together.

The agreement announced Thursday between the world's largest seller of patent-protected software and a leader in the open-source software movement has potentially important business, technical and legal implications.

"This builds a very important intellectual-property bridge between the open source and proprietary sides of software," Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, said shortly before the companies formally announced their alliance in San Francisco.

Read the full article here.

[Law]

Good news for Novell, bad news for Red Hat.

[hillbillybob]

How is it good news for Novell. I remember way back when...anyway. Microsoft and Novell have had their fair share of spats in the past. I cant help but have a really bad feeling about this