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Story: Microsoft and Novell clash over patents

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Facts or FUD?

In my experience, when Companies have even the slightest inclination that their legal rights are breached, then they attempt to resist that breach with legal argument - normally through the Courts.

Also in my experience, when Companies - especially Microsoft - have absolutely no facts at their disposal, they make them up and post letters all over the intranet claiming that these breaches have happened.

Microsoft have paid a lot of money to Novell. According to Balmer, an element of this is being repaid to represent a payment to Microsoft to recompense MS for patent infringement which Novell specifically deny. I think I can see which of the two above categories this statement relates to.

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