"Kaefer says that what Microsoft wanted most from the deal was to increase its ability to provide crossplatform management solutions, and that it could learn this from the partnership with Xandros as an Microsoft Certified Partner."
" Nor would either side address the issue of whether the patent protection pact would include or exclude Wine and OpenOffice.Org, both of which were excluded from protection in the Novell deal."
"When asked if Microsoft would continue its carrot and stick approach to patents, with CEO Steve Ballmer doing the saber-rattling and salespeople offering the carrot of protection, Kaefer said there will be "a continued effort to reach win-win deals."
[^] # Re: C'est pas la première fois
Posté par imr . En réponse au journal Après Novell, Microsoft récidive avec Xandros. Évalué à 1.
http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/06/04/1933240&(...)
"Kaefer says that what Microsoft wanted most from the deal was to increase its ability to provide crossplatform management solutions, and that it could learn this from the partnership with Xandros as an Microsoft Certified Partner."
" Nor would either side address the issue of whether the patent protection pact would include or exclude Wine and OpenOffice.Org, both of which were excluded from protection in the Novell deal."
"When asked if Microsoft would continue its carrot and stick approach to patents, with CEO Steve Ballmer doing the saber-rattling and salespeople offering the carrot of protection, Kaefer said there will be "a continued effort to reach win-win deals."