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The Novell $1 billion anti-trust suit against Microsoft has turned nasty with Novell's lawyer claiming the company "got stabbed in the back," in the back," by Microsoft when Microsoft launched Windows 95 without support for WordPerfect. Bill Gates, meanwhile, testified that Novell simply wasn't capable of getting the word processor ready in time for the launch. Can things get nastier?

Microsoft's General Counsel has responded in a brief tweet to Google's charges that Microsoft, Apple, and Oracle have launched a "hostile," "anti-competitive" campaign against Google using patent laws. His response, essentially, is this: It just ain't so.

Google lashed out today at Microsoft, Apple, and Oracle over the spate of patent suits targeting Android, charging that the companies are running a "hostile" and "anti-competitive" campaign. In one of the more dramatic charges, Google claims that it may result in phone makers being forced to pay more to use Android than Windows Phone 7.

Novell's patent threat to Linux and other open source software: some bloggers thought that CPTN was no more, but that was naive.
CPTN Holdings' plan to purchase the Novell open source patent portfolio has been withdrawn. At least, that's what some breathless reporting would have you believe. The consortium of Microsoft, Apple, EMC and Oracle has certainly withdrawn something, but does it really mean that FLOSS is safe? In IT Blogwatch, bloggers get to the truth of the matter. Not to mention Chris Ollis's appalling Star Wars pun...
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It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.

We're beginning to see who ends up with Unix and other intellectual property in the Novell deal. Hint: Microsoft did just fine for itself.

Attachmate may be the official owner, but I believe Microsoft is the real power behind the Novell buyout. Here's why.

VMware dropped out and Attachmate, with some help from Microsoft, ends up buying Novell.

Some would have it that the Linux desktop will never become a major desktop operating system. I still think Linux already is well on its way as a major desktop operating system, but not in the same way that Windows was.

Others may want to buy SUSE Linux, but no one wants the rest of Novell.

They're not that fond of Microsoft, either.

Novell is looking for a buyer, and VMware should be looking for an operating system company.

Novell lets you take your customized SUSE Linux server with you to the Amazon cloud.

Long time fans of openSUSE Linux and its commercial big brother, Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, will find a lot to like in this latest update.

While SCO slowly drops into its grave, the company continues its anti-Linux lies.