Microsoft, Linux vendor Xandros to work together
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Microsoft has reached a collaboration deal with Xandros Inc., a distributor of the Linux operating system, containing some similarities to the Redmond company's controversial pact with Novell Inc.
The agreement with Xandros, to be announced Monday, includes a promise by Microsoft to refrain from pursuing patent claims against users of Xandros software.
A similar element in Microsoft's deal with Novell, a larger Linux distributor, caused waves by implying that the open-source program violates Microsoft's patents.