I think I got it now.  Looks like a long battle, turning into a war between the Microsoft and Linux.  Or this has been a war going on for a long time, and now going public.  Nevertheless, it seems that the ones that stand to make the most profit out of all of this, are the ones praising Microsoft and Novell for coming together.

haloedrain, thank you for the wealth of information.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.