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Story: Microsoft and Novell clash over patents
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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