Tuesday, 21. November 2006
Topic: COMPUTER - on November 21, 2006 at 3:33:00 PM CET
Novell disputes claim by Microsoft on patents
Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. say that they have "agreed to disagree" on a key issue dividing their respective parts of the technology world, but that it won't jeopardize their sweeping business deal and patent truce. In a twist that underscored the unlikely nature of their alliance, Novell Chief Executive Ron Hovsepian publicly distanced his company Monday from Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer's statement last week that the open-source Linux operating system contains patented Microsoft technology.
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