Matt Asay: Who cares about the Novell/Microsoft patent deal?
Not their customers, apparently. Matthew Aslett got to talk with a joint Novell/Microsoft guinea pig (I mean, customer , HSBC, and the support for the IP indemnity is underwhelming, at best: "Its a nice to have. I dont think it was a main feature for me, but its nice to have."
Delivery in a bright pink box is also nice to have. So is a hug from Steve Ballmer. But if I'm out selling the patent deal, I'd want more of a vote of confidence than that.
But then, as Matthew notes, there's not much to love about the patent deal:
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