More Mono news and changes in Novell's staff .

Novell has a Mono-based replacement for the GIMP and some of the most expected sources are covering it

The LUG of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi complains about attempts by Microsoft to poison Indian standards with software patents; LCA receives a wakeup call regarding Novell's malfunctioning Mono

Not just Mono but OOXML too is being used by Novell to promote and to spread Microsoft formats with software patents

More waste of paper from Novell (attempts to grab just existing GNU/Linux users) and increasing intersection with Microsoft in the form of Mono

Further analysis of what Novell's likely sale means when it comes to its patents and what it is currently doing to MeeGo, to which it added a Mono stack

Mono defence and advocacy in social networks, courtesy of Novell/Mono staff

Novell gets granted a software patents; Microsoft's new acquisition is hit.

I've been thinking about something for a few days now. It's about the latest Novell-Microsoft deal that was announced on August 20, where Microsoft agreed to buy another $100 million worth of vouchers from Novell. I was wondering: how come two public companies can make a deal that seems to me to be material and yet keep pieces of the deal secret?