r-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">If you remember e=
arlier this year I predicted that based on microsofts activity that we coul=
d expect to see a linux version of Microsoft Office shortly after Samba 4 b=
ecame stable. Well this ties right into it. Yes the idea of a "MS Linu=
x" does not supprise me at this point, although it does disturb me. Th=
e thing that I'm realy woried about is microsoft owning all of novels c=
opyrights and patents. If you remember back to the days of the sco law suit=
the thing that saved Linux in the courts was the fact that the code in que=
stion was actualy owned by novel and ibm bribed novel to get involved on th=
e side of linux by giving them SuSE. it may not just be time to find a new =
distro but a new kernel. Any one know how HURD development is going these d=
ays?

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From: =A0einker <eminker-at-gmail.com<=
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Subj: =A0Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] "Novell also plans to sell some intelle=
ctual property assets for $450 million to a consortium of technology compan=
ies organized by Microsoft." Argh!

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All Suse users are now officially screwed ....



On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 4:32 PM, swd <ne.net">sderrick-at-optonline.net> wrote:



> The end if openSuse?...

>

>

> r-2-2-billion/?hp" target=3D"_blank">http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/11/22=
/novell-to-be-sold-for-2-2-billion/?hp

> w

>

> =A0November 22, 2010, 8:56 am

> Novell Being Acquired for $2.2 Billion

> By EVELYN M. RUSLI

>

> 9:58 a.m. | Updated

> Novell, the software maker, said on Monday that it had agreed to be>
> acquired

> by the Attachmate Corporation for $2.2 billion in cash.

>

> Novell also plans to sell some intellectual property assets for $450r>
> million

> to a consortium of technology companies organized by Microsoft.

> Attachmate's

> takeover is contingent on the successful closing of the sale.

>

> Novell, a company that specializes in enterprise infrastructure softwa=
re,

> will add to Attachmate's portfolio of software brands, which inclu=
des its

> namesake line and NetIQ (acquired in 2006). Attachmate has effectively=


> served as an acquisition vehicle, led by a trio of private equity firm=
s:

> Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma Bravo. In 2005, the<=
br>
> investment team purchased Attachmate for an undisclosed sum and immedi=
ately

> merged it with an earlier buyout, WRQ.

>

> The offer of $6.10 a share represents a premium of 28 percent above>
> Novell's

> closing share price on March 2, Novell said in its statement. That is =
when

> the hedge fund Elliott Associates said said it had offered to buy the<=
br>
> company for $5.75 a share, or $2 billion - an offer that the board of<=
br>
> Novell

> rejected as "inadequate."

> Under this new deal, Elliott will stay on as an equity shareholder of<=
br>
> Attachmate, according to the news release.

> The offer is a 9.1 percent premium from Novell's closing stock pri=
ce on

> Friday.

>

> Although the deal represents a premium for Novell shareholders, somer>
> analysts say the transaction highlights the challenge of putting a

> sprawling

> company like Novell on the auction block. The Novell deal stands in>
> contrast

> to the rest of the technology sector, which has had a wave of mergers =
and

> acquisitions this year, often at rich premiums, Richard Williams, anr>
> analyst

> for Cross Research, said. The value of third quarter deals rose 48 per=
cent

> from the year-ago period, according to a recent report by Ernst & =
Young.

>

> "I'm surprised the deal got done," Mark Schappel, a Benc=
hmark Capital

> senior

> software analyst said. "Novell is a very difficult deal to get do=
ne,

> there's

> a lot of moving parts."

> Even though a lot of players were in the market, none of them wanted a=
ll of

> Novell, he said.

>

> Founded in 1983, Novell rose to prominence for its network operatingr>
> system,

> Netware. However, in the mid-1990s, the company started to make

> acquisitions

> to become more competitive in the enterprise space, picking up compani=
es

> like Cambridge Technology Partners, Unix System, SilverStream Software=
,

> Ximian and SUSE, a linux

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