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    News - Microsoft buys Novell patents as a part of Attachmate deal

    Transaction could involve Linux intellectual property, but software-giant's plans remain unclear.
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    Re: News - Microsoft buys Novell patents as a part of Attachmate deal

    I have heard literally nothing about WordPerfect since roughly 1998. I've never even heard it mentioned for years, and even my Dad moved to Word 5+ years ago. Is it really a concern?

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    Re: News - Microsoft buys Novell patents as a part of Attachmate deal

    Perhaps Microsoft plan to sue SCO for infringing their Linux patents

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    Re: News - Microsoft buys Novell patents as a part of Attachmate deal

    Typical Microsoft?

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    Re: News - Microsoft buys Novell patents as a part of Attachmate deal

    It's also possible that some of the patents will relate to WordPerfect, which is the centre of an ongoing legal battle with Microsoft over anticompetitive practices.
    This surely!

    Microsoft have to buy them for protection thanks to the US patent system.

    This is also more than just typical MS, this is IBM, Apple (in a very big way lately, just look at the smartphone bizz as they realise this is their only real cash cow), Oracle etc.
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