Windows thorn now on Microsoft's side
InternetNews | at | by Mike
And then there were three. Microsoft and Lindows are putting years of legal sparring behind them now that the company has bought into Microsoft's Linux patent covenants. Linspire is the third company after Novell and Xandros to enter into a patent covenant with Microsoft regarding open source applications.
"Over the years, in an effort to expand choice, we have entered into dozens of agreements with commercial software vendors," Kevin Carmony, chief executive officer at Linspire, said in a statement. "It certainly made sense to collaborate with Microsoft, one of the most important partners in the PC ecosystem."