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| DATE | 2010-11-22 |
| FROM | From: "Paul Robert Marino"
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] "Novell also plans to sell some intellectual property assets for $450 million to a consortium of technology companies organized by Microsoft." Argh!
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Well the bad news is those patents infect BSD as well.
its the SMP code its every where.
-----Original Message-----
From: einker
Subj: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] "Novell also plans to sell some intellectual property assets for $450 million to a consortium of technology companies organized by Microsoft." Argh!
Date: Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:54 pm
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To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com
Rob,
That was my thinking as well. I am heading for BSDland with current copies
of FreeBSD and OpenBSD.
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
> If you remember earlier this year I predicted that based on microsofts
> activity that we could expect to see a linux version of Microsoft Office
> shortly after Samba 4 became stable. Well this ties right into it. Yes the
> idea of a "MS Linux" does not supprise me at this point, although it does
> disturb me. The thing that I'm realy woried about is microsoft owning all of
> novels copyrights 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 question was actualy owned by novel and ibm bribed novel to get involved
> on the 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 days?
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: einker
> Subj: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] "Novell also plans to sell some intellectual
> property assets for $450 million to a consortium of technology companies
> organized by Microsoft." Argh!
> Date: Mon Nov 22, 2010 4:45 pm
> Size: 2K
> To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com
>
> All Suse users are now officially screwed ....
>
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 4:32 PM, swd wrote:
>
> > The end if openSuse?...
> >
> >
> >
> http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/novell-to-be-sold-for-2-2-billion/?hp
> > w
> >
> > November 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 $450
> > 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 software,
> > will add to Attachmate's portfolio of software brands, which includes its
> > namesake line and NetIQ (acquired in 2006). Attachmate has effectively
> > served as an acquisition vehicle, led by a trio of private equity firms:
> > Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital and Thoma Bravo. In 2005, the
> > investment team purchased Attachmate for an undisclosed sum and
> immediately
> > 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
> > company for $5.75 a share, or $2 billion - an offer that the board of
> > Novell
> > rejected as "inad
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