Seems to me M$ likes to extend and own.<br><br>I don't know how it would all fit together however I think they might think they can slowly erode open source by adding extensions that become widely used which are closed....<br><br>Any time I see M$ I think they are up to no good.... it's not a simple business model to make money .... it is a model to over run and own!!!!!<br><br>They are the true pirates of silicon valley and the world!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!<br><br><br><b><i>Michael Havens &lt;bmike101@cox.net&gt;</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> The way I understand it, If you contribute to an open  source project the <br>project stays open source, This means MS and Novel are reeling in a red <br>herring when it states that they WON'Tassert their patents. This tells me <br>that there is an alterior motive.... now, we wait for those who have a clue <br>to comment
 :!)<br>|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||<br><quotes from="" article=""><br>As part of this agreement, Microsoft will provide a covenant not to assert its <br>patent rights against customers who have purchased SUSE Linux Enterprise <br>Server or other covered products from Novell, and Novell will provide an <br>identical covenant to customers who have a licensed version of Windows or <br>other covered products from Microsoft.<br><br> First, Microsoft will work with Novell and actively contribute to several <br>open source software projects, including projects focused on office file <br>formats and web services management.  Second, Microsoft will not assert its <br>patents against individual non-commercial open source developers and users.  <br>And third, Microsoft is promising not to assert its patents against <br>individual contributors to openSUSE.org whose code is included in the SUSE <br>Linux Enterprise platform, including SUSE Linux
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