Yesterday we wrote about Microsoft’s attempt to ‘consume’ ODF. Joining the skepticism now is the man behind the open source definition and a vocal critic of Novell’s deal with Microsoft. Bruce Perens does not trust Microsoft, either. He explains why.

Novell has filed its Response to Debtors' Second Motion to Extend Exclusivity [PDF], and you could sum up its message to the court like this: Enough already, but if you do grant another extension, please let it be the last. SCO's position is that it can't file a plan until Utah reaches a decision on how much SCO owes Novell. Oh really?

I thought it would be fun to look at Chris Sontag's testimony as a whole, instead of just covering the SCO v. Novell trial according to the particular day. Sontag was called by Novell on the first day, April 29, 2008. They didn't finish so he was back on the stand on the 30th, so I've cobbled together the relevant sections from the two day's transcripts to show you the complete performance.

Pro-Novell deception in the press and in blogs. "[Matt Asay] now comes out (yes, once more) to defend Novell’s latest FUD attack on Red Hat. "

There are some hurdles to jump if you wish to make use of Novell's so-called Silverlight support (Microsoft's excuse, bogus cross platform)

An analysis with a top lawyer suggests that Moonlight is to be avoided

A look at the way Microsoft's partners -- including Novell -- all join together against Linux-friendly circles.

Novell plays tricky games to prevent Red Hat and other free GNU/Linux distributions from entering the mainframe