Google and Microsoft trade patent claims. Actuate announces Q2 results. And more.
# Google accused Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and other companies of organising a hostile patent campaign against Android. That prompted Microsoft executives to claim that Microsoft invited Google to be involved in the CPTN purchase of Novell’s patents. However, Google explained that joining CPTN might have decreased its ability to defend itself against potential patent claims.
# Actuate announced its Q2 …
[Read more]Novell sold to Attachmate. Barnes & Noble throws the book at Microsoft. And more.
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# Novell closed its acquisition by Attachmate and its patent sale to CPTN.
# Attachmate’s CEO discussed the company’s plans for SUSE Linux.
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[Read more]DoJ/FCO says aye CPTN. Canonical readies Ubuntu 11.04. And more.
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# Novell-CPTN patent sale agreed by DoJ/FCO, subject to the patents being licensed to OIN.
# VMware reported net income of $126m in Q1 on revenue up 33% to $844m.
# Canonical previewed Ubuntu 11.04, featuring Unity and also Ubuntu Server 11.04.
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[Read more]Bid for Novell patents still on. Google drops H.264. And more.
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# The withdrawal of CPTN Holding proposal to acquire Novell’s patents is purely procedural, said Microsoft.
# Karsten Gerloff explained why the FSFE is concerned about the sale of Novell’s patents to CPTN.
# Google announced plans to support WebM and Theora in Chrome and Chromium, and drop H.264.
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[Read more]CPTN Holdings unmasked. Oracle updates MySQL. And more.
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# Florian Mueller reported that the Novell patent acquiring CPTN Holdings is Microsoft, Apple, EMC and Oracle.
# The VAR Guy told the (previously) untold story of Novell’s sale to Attachmate.
# Attachmate committed to support the existing roadmaps and release schedules for Novell and SUSE products.
# Oracle …
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