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Old 04-20-2011, 04:38 PM   #1
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DOJ Limits Microsoft's Purchase of Novell Patents


Microsoft will not be able to keep patents it proposed to buy from Novell under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente...l_patents.html
 
Old 04-21-2011, 05:14 AM   #2
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That's very good news. I would not have thought the DOJ would care anymore about these things.
 
  


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