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Software patent campaigner Florian Mueller revealed this week that the City of Munich's decision to stall its Linux migration, was the result of a PR stunt by anti-patent campaigners.
Novell began selling version 9 of its flagship Linux product Tuesday, adding Java server capabilities the same day rival Red Hat made a similar move.
IBM won a tactical victory Friday in a legal battle with SCO Group when a judge ordered SCO to show the Linux software to which it believes it has rights.
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