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THE WEEK IN REVIEW: Seismic shifts

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November 4, 2006
Week in review: Seismic shifts

Between the partnering of former foes Microsoft and Novell, and the call for a less U.S.-centric Internet at a United Nations summit, this week's news shows signs of some potentially earthshaking changes on the technology world's horizon.

Microsoft and Novell created a stir Thursday by announcing they will collaborate on efforts such as helping Microsoft's Windows, a proprietary operating system, work with Novell's Suse Linux, which is based on open-source code.


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