Is anyone following the news of the Novell sale and some mysterious
'intellectual property assets' that were transferred to a holding
company controlled by Microsoft?

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On 11/22/2010 01:13 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Is anyone following the news of the Novell sale and some mysterious
> 'intellectual property assets' that were transferred to a holding
> company controlled by Microsoft?

I saw that, and can't help but wonder if we're in for another "SCO". =/

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On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 12:13 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Is anyone following the news of the Novell sale and some mysterious
> 'intellectual property assets' that were transferred to a holding
> company controlled by Microsoft?

Oh, sheesh, here we go. Baseless speculation and the weaving on
conspiracy theories.

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On 11/22/2010 12:14 PM, Digimer wrote:
>
>> Is anyone following the news of the Novell sale and some mysterious
>> 'intellectual property assets' that were transferred to a holding
>> company controlled by Microsoft?
>
> I saw that, and can't help but wonder if we're in for another "SCO". =/

SCO didn't get off the ground since it was ruled that they didn't
actually own the IP in question and Novell did. And they ran out of
money for the legal process. This could be a very different game.

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