Linux player MontaVista Software is now officially part of chip vendor Cavium Networks, concluding a rapid $50 million transaction that it hopes will see it better able to go after large networking and carrier customers.

The story of Novell is a rather complicated one because the company mocks the very same product which it tries to sell. Novell uses GNU/Linux FUD to market itself, especially by boasting Microsoft’s software patent ‘protection’ as its advantage, added value, distinguisher (the classic decoy being “interoperability”).