Microsoft's Silverlight is assisted by Novell and puts Web standards at risk

Few sites about free software attract more controversy than Boycott Novell. Founded in 2006 in response to the first Microsoft-Novell deal, as its name suggests, the site has evolved more recently into a site for commentary and investigation of any subject that might be a threat to free software.

Is SCO throwing in the towel? Here's the opening paragraph from its Reply: In order to expedite the resolution of this case and foreclose further disputes about finality, SCO will voluntarily dismiss with prejudice those

Ina Fried has an interview with "Microsoft's top intellectual property lawyer", Horacio Gutierrez, and Gutierrez directly threatens to sue any company, like Red Hat, that refuses to sell out and do a patent deal like the one Novell signed up for

MSI considers ditching SUSE (SLED) for a different distribution

I've been thinking about something for a few days now. It's about the latest Novell-Microsoft deal that was announced on August 20, where Microsoft agreed to buy another $100 million worth of vouchers from Novell. I was wondering: how come two public companies can make a deal that seems to me to be material and yet keep pieces of the deal secret?

Novell reports greater losses, but how much has it embellished things?