● 02.17.07

●● Ballmer Confirms Novell Deal is About Patents

Posted in FUD, Patents, Steve Ballmer at 9:02 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Head over to Mary Jo Foley’s blog.

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The same week that Microsoft issued a press release providing further details about some of the technological advances that will result from the November 2006 technology agreement between Novell and Microsoft, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told Wall Street what he really thinks the deal means to Microsoft.

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During a forecast update meeting for financial analysts and shareholders on February 15, Ballmer reiterated that, to him, the deal is more about Microsoft exerting intellectual property (IP) pressure on Novell than anything else.

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This confirms that Microsoft’s plans were maolovalent all along.

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