LOL! You believe Slashdot over Microsoft? That’s one for the archives!
I don't see it as an either/or situation, they both seem to be saying the same thing. Microsoft's patent protection is to Novell's customers, not to opensuse.org. Claims opensuse.org is completely protected from MS patent suits is clearly false. That's why I shouldn't even waste my time with your red herrings. You bring up all these peripheral claims constantly in an attempt to get away from ever discussing "the father of free software" just to be proven wrong on the peripheral claims as well.