Re: [Sheflug] OpenOffice.org becomes PatentOffice.org

[simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Saying that patents are the issue here is dubious in the extreme;
> Microsoft have promised not to enforce patents on OXML against *anyone*,
> and the patent agreement with Novell covers Novell's customers, not
> Novell - Novell aren't allowed to implement MS' patented stuff.

What I think is more interesting is Novell's move away from Hula after the MS deal. There's lots of speculation flying around that the two things are related, but I imagine it's probably just economics rather than part of that deal.

I wonder what will happen to Hula

Simon


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