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Novell Buys Ximian
Quite a number of people have been submitting the news that Ximian has been purchased by Novell. All I've found so far is the press release linked to above; more links as they come in. Looks like Nat & Miguel will be remaining around, and Novell's continuing to expand its Open Source commitments. Update: 08/04 17:30 GMT by S : viewstyle writes "According to an interview with Ximian's CTO Miguel de Icaza at Eweek.com, Ximian won't be affected at all by Novell's buyout, and will be shipping a PowerPC version of Mono (preview release in Sept)."
ch-ch-ch-ch-changes at Ximian. You know, right before the newly expanded going out of business yard sale at Novell.
I ran "Red Carpet Update" this morning. Now I know why it downloaded a copy of the Book of Mormon to my computer. Thanks, Slashdot!
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I nominate the parent for the best first post ever.
Novell ought to be careful that they don't contract Mono.
Novell is actually a puppet corporation that was secretly taken over by Microsoft over 10 years ago. They only exist to give the illusion that Microsoft has competition in critical areas like spreadsheets and non-multitasking operating systems.
Novell: Utah's answer to Corel.
I can just see the headline in five years:
"Novell Sells Gnome/Mono Copyrights to (other Utah "technology" company)".
</sarcasm>
Two-faced dumb plug Sen. Orin Hatch is now faced with a dilemma. Which constituency will he support -
Novell & open source, *or* SCO and the forces of evil. Hard choices for such an honorable man.
What was the amount involved ?
"The acquisition of Ximian was an all-cash transaction and is not expected to have a material effect on Novell's financial statements in the current fiscal year"
Linux: it's free as in speech, not free as in Ximian.
All that useful software I've always wanted on my Linux desktop! Wonderful software sch as:
;-)
* Groupwise connector for Evolution.
* Directory Services for Linux.
* ZenWorks for Gnome
I can't wait!
That's what I'm talkin' about. No more wasted money and trips to the weed spot. I can just pull down the latest patch! Just in case, anyone got Linus' pager number..?
1) Start a company
2) Sell it
Like teaching a new dog old tricks
Patience... just give them a little time to kill it.
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
Let's just hope they don't turn around and sell Ximian to SCO!
--
Luck is just skill you didn't know you had.
Congrats on the Novell takeover!
I didn't think Mormons believed in Evolution...
Novell: Utah's answer to Corel.
Hmmm... Nov-El, Cor-El. Can we deduce, then, that Kryptonians* are lousy at running software companies?
(* Best known Kryptonian: Kal-El)
-- Alastair
Yes.
sound like no where desktop os or not well desktop os.
"it's still a relative unknown to most people, and it has a peculiar history."
So it DOES make a good match for Linux!
The same phrase applies quite nicely.
Actually, the Ximian logo rather shows a diving monkey
It always looked more to me like it was sprawled out at a murder scene.
If the Mormon church was in charge of Novell, there would be Netware missionaries, who would go forth and *give* every IT departent a fully functional, unlimited 3-seat demo copy of the server OS, then charge N-much per additional connection/workstation license.
:)
Much like those never-ending free copies of the Book of Mormon, and the tithe you'll pay once you sign up.
Actually, I've suggested exactly such a market-penetration scheme to Novell. But those idiots in their marketing dept. think licencing packs can only be sold in lots of 10, 50, or 100. So they miss out on the chance to sell millions of single-seat upgrades.
~REZ~ #43301. Who'd fake being me anyway?