[tlug] Microsoft, SCO... & Novell?

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Roger Markus writes:

 > Over at Linux Magazine (http://www.linux-mag.com/), Bryan Richard has
 > pointed out yet another angle to the Novel-Microsoft issue [...]:
 > 
 > The open solutions of 2007 could start to be judged not just by if
 > they solve technical problems but if they also pass muster with a
 > company's Chief Legal Officer.

This has been an issue for at least a decade.  Cf the archives of the
Free Software Business list at www.crynwr.com.