Microsoft is not the boss, we are
After celebrations over Dell announcing that it will soon be selling GNU/Linux Ubuntu desktops and laptops we are seeing a bit of an uproar after, just a week later, Microsoft announced it's partnership with Dell akin to the one it made with Novell last November.
It is interesting how some people are equating this move to Microsoft showing us who is the boss in the industry. It is being said Microsoft *allowed* Dell to start selling Ubuntu under the condition that it also sells Novell SuSE GNU/Linux. I suppose the reason why Microsoft may care so much for pushing Novell sales is because this is where they are asserting their supposed patent rights. The stronger Novell's version of GNU/Linux is, the more people will, in some way, be admitting to Microsoft's patent rights, even if unwillingly. In fact even Novell isn't willing to admit that GNU/Linux contains any of the Microsoft patented code, but as long as the deal between them is valid, Microsoft can and will make such claims and spread fear, uncertainty and doubt on this basis.
A way in which the deal between Dell and Microsoft asserts Microsoft's interests is simply that Dell too now basically participates in an agreement which implies that GNU/Linux owes some patent royalties to Microsoft. I am not surprised that people are starting to believe that, once again, by its ability to corner big players to such admissions, Microsoft is making the rules of the game.
But something really smells about that whole theory.
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