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Don't imply Microsoft IP in Linux

Linux, Operating Systems submitted by mhall119 05/07/07

Many Open Source and Linux users are troubled by Microsoft's recent deal with Novell where Novell seems to imply that their Suse Linux contains Microsoft intellecual property. Now Dell has also entered that agreement, and will be selling licenses of MS Windows with customers purchase Suse Linux.

I understand the need for compatibility between Microsoft products and Linux, but I, and many others, don't see how this agreement is improving that in any way.

I would like Dell to make an official statement that they do not believe there is any Microsoft intellectual property in any of the distributions of Linux they offer. I would also like to see Microsoft pressed to increase compatibility by opening their protocols for NetBIOS and Exchange, as well as the NTFS filesystem, to allow open source implementations. 55 Comments »