Microsoft and Linux distributor Xandros on June 4 signed a broad set of collaboration and patent agreements that reminded many of the November 2006 Microsoft/Novell partnership. <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2145414,00.asp?kc=EWKNLLIN061207STR1">What do analysts and other Linux vendors think this new deal means for Linux?</A>

While the FSF (Free Software Foundation) has tried to block such patent deals with the latest version of the GPLv3, Microsoft and Xandros didn't let that legal objective stop them.