Stung by Oracle's entry into its Linux support market space and Novell's partnership with Microsoft, Red Hat has quietly sneaked in an indemnification guarantee for customers against any possible patent infringement claims.
 

Oracle and Microsoft have stung Red Hat with a double blow, both companies providing Linux users with assurances that they will be protected against intellectual property infringement lawsuits resulting from proprietary software blended with open source Linux.
Oracle, which announced last week that it would offer Red Hat customers support at half the price of Red Hat's services, also announced that it would imdemnify customers against patent infringement legal claims.

Microsoft, which on November 2 rocked the Linux world with the announcement of a partnership with Novell to promote Suse Linux, announced that it would not pursue any patent infringement claims against Suse Linux users.

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