Novell Gets $348 Million From Microsoft

[KClaisse]

I'm sure that all my fellow slashdot readers are already aware, but for those who haven't heard.

Originally Posted by Slashdot.org

An anonymous reader writes,
"Novell has published additional details about its agreements with Microsoft concerning Windows and Linux interoperability and patents. It seems the company is receiving an up-front payment of $348 million from Microsoft, for SLES subscription certificates and for patent cross-licensing. Microsoft will make an upfront payment to Novell of $240 million for SLES subscription 'certificates' that Microsoft can use, resell, or distribute over the term of the agreement. Regarding the patent cooperation agreement, Microsoft will make an up-front net payment to Novell of $108 million, and Novell will make ongoing payments totaling at least $40 million over five years to Microsoft."

Here is the link to the full article

And here are 2 other articles that I found worth reading.

Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D Beta Launched
MS Patent Applications Reveal Search Technology

The first link is Microsoft's alternative to Google Earth.
And the second details Microsoft's recent activity on the search engine front.

[rappermas]

/me reaches out and slaps Novell+Microsoft with an oversized Windows-compliant trout.

You see what happens when people stop taking their medication?

[Janl]

Interesting that Novell is paying back approx $40mil over 5 years. Why not just deduct that from the $588mil that MS is paying to Novell.

[Al3xanR0]

Originally Posted by Janl

Interesting that Novell is paying back approx $40mil over 5 years. Why not just deduct that from the $588mil that MS is paying to Novell.

Desperate people take desperate mesures. Desperacy has obviously robbed Novell/SuSe of its vision. What other explanatio is there?

[iamroot]

What a sellout. I find it weird that people are saying all over the net about how GNU/Linux has won the battle. Microsoft's "endorsement" seems to be kiss of death to me.

[KClaisse]

Well at least it's not just the end users who feel a little betrayed, it seems that the Samba team is urging Novell to reconsider.

Link to Slashdot Article
Link to Article on Samba's site

[ihavenoname]

First the Ignore you
Then they laugh at you
Then they fight you
Then you win....
~Ghandi

[KClaisse]

Originally Posted by ihavenoname

First the Ignore you
Then they laugh at you
Then they fight you
Then you win....
~Ghandi

Lets hope!

[Firewing1]

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