Novell vows to keep fighting Microsoft 'juggernaut'
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Despite an alliance with Microsoft, Novell's chief says he's "excited by the muted reaction to Vista."
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It is with regret that I urge all FOSS developers to treat anything Novell has contributed to the community as suspect, scrutinize any Novell contributions and purge them as deemed appropriate.  This threat is real, and it is not necessarily contingent upon whether or not Microsoft would actually sue customers for patent infringements.  This is a classic case of posturing.  Novell is leveraging its agreement with Microsoft in a way that harms all other Linux distributions and other FOSS projects. It is actively exploiting its unique position in ways that seem beneficial, but will pose risks to anyone but its own customers (and even their own customers are only protected for the next five years).
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SEATTLE -- Microsoft on Monday took another big step toward putting most of its legal challenges in the rearview mirror. The world&#39;s largest software maker said it will pay rival software maker Novell a $536
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InfoWorld - Executives from Microsoft and Novell defended their controversial business agreement to collaborate and promote integration between Windows and Novell&#39;s SUSE Linux operating systems on Wednesday, saying that Microsoft&#39;s sales organization is now the biggest channel for SUSE Linux and that the deal will help, not hurt the prospects of Linux in the enterprise.
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Microsoft has paid $536 million to rival Novell as part of its ongoing programme to settle legal disputes that have formed the cornerstone of European regulators&#39; action against the software giant.
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Novell Inc. on Friday filed an antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp., accusing the software giant of unfairly eliminating competition for office productivity applications during the time Novell owned the WordPerfect word processing application and the Quattro Pro spreadsheet application.
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Novell Inc. NOVL.O on Monday said it  had reached a settlement with software maker Microsoft Corp.  MSFT.O over antitrust issues in which Microsoft will pay it  $536 million in cash, sending Novell shares 11 percent higher  in pre-market trading.
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Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has settled antitrust disputes with Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) and the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), a Washington, DC-based trade organization that had supported the European Union's antitrust case against the software giant.
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Linux and identity management will be Novell&#39;s biggest strengths, according to its chief executive Jack Messman. Messman told delegates at this year&#39;s Novell Brainshare Europe event in Barcelona that the company
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Novell has settled its long-standing NetWare anti-trust claim with Microsoft - to the tune of $536 - but in the same announcement reveals plans to launch a second claim relating to WordPerfect.
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SEATTLE/NEW YORK  - Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O said  on Monday said it will pay $536 million to its smaller rival  Novell Inc. NOVL.O to settle an antitrust suit and resolved a  10-year dispute with a computer trade group.
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The growing confrontation between Google and Microsoft promises to be an epic business battle.
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The Linux vendor partners with Microsoft in one respect and takes it head-on in another. This time, the results are mixed as Novell suffers a small quarterly loss.
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Clearing more legal challenges, Microsoft  announced settlements Monday with rival Novell  for &#36;536 million and with a trade organization that had aggressively backed landmark antitrust cases against Microsoft by the U.S. government and European Union.
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Novell filed suit against Microsoft on Friday, claiming the company used anti-competitive tactics in the desktop software market during the 1990s.
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Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday it had agreed to settle antitrust lawsuits with Novell Inc. (NOVL.
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An appeals court ruled Monday that two remaining antitrust claims brought against Microsoft by Novell could go forward, upholding an earlier court decision that dismissed the company's other four claims.