William Coulter wrote:
> Now that Novell is the owner of UNIX or UNIXWARE what kind of effect
> will the deal with MS have on us? What if Novell should go under and MS
> buys Novell out. What happeneds with UNIX or LINUX?
>
> William
There are some comments on groklaw related to this. The problem is an
antitrust one. If MS should buy a company like Novell, they would surely
run into severe antitrust issues. Which is likely why they haven't
attempted it. Linux stands on its own, and contains (as far as we know)
completely community-developed code. The only thing it shares with Unix
is its APIs. "Proprietary" APIs are nearly impossible to defend in court.
Paul
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