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Novell & SUSE In Link Up?

Posted by Hemos on from the potential-merger dept.

dmorelli writes "Since it seems to be a SuSE news day, here's something from Friday this past. Novell tried and failed to buy SuSE, according to the Linux Business week story."

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  1. too bad... by deviator · · Score: 4, Interesting

    that would have been a pretty good fit for what they're currently trying to do. Make no mistake - Novell has some of the best enterprise management software in the industry. Linux definitely needs this.

    Oh well, they'll just release their own distro of Linux now (called Netware 7).

  2. Deal? by Espectr0 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    According to the article, suse is worth 100 million. They were offered 120 million.

    Why didn't they accept?

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  3. Novell's next choice - Mandrake! by capn_buzzcut · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why not?

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  4. Re:Conflict of interest? by Ami+Ganguli · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If you feel that government should represent the interests of the people, and you feel that SuSe is a good thing for the people of Germany, then this situation makes perfect sense. It's only a conflict if the interests of SuSe don't align with the interests of German citizens (which I'm sure is a case that MS would want to make).

    You could, however, say that it's anti free-market. I would reply "so what?", since I think the government needs to intervene in the market from time to time to correct problems.

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