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Sun Pondering Buying Novell

Posted by CowboyNeal on

Krafty Koder writes "ZDNet are reporting that Sun are considering purchasing Novell and thus gain SUSE Linux. 'With our balance sheet, we're considering all our options,' Sun chief operating officer Jonathan Schwartz said in an interview on Sunday regarding the possibility of acquiring Novell. 'What would owning the operating system on which IBM is dependent be worth? History would suggest we look to Microsoft for comparisons,' he said."

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  1. Re:They're in for an unpleasant surprise... by OverwhelmingAmoeba · · Score: 5, Funny

    They have to buy SCO in order to do that!

  2. Re:I knew things were becoming too good by cuzality · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've really liked where Novell has started taking suse, ximian, and netware, so I'll be pretty sad if sun does buy them...

    Hopefully, the improvements that novell had been making with suse, ximian, and netware will never see the Sun.

    Er... hm.

  3. Re:"Owning the operating system"? by swb · · Score: 5, Funny


    Can I become a CEO if I take a lot of acid and forget everything I know or do you just have to do a lot of coke?

    I think coke and booze are the CEO drugs. Booze for ineptness and embarassment, coke for energy, irrationality and serotonin deficient tyranny.

    If they took acid, they'd look around the office and go "What does it all mean? How can we come here day to day if it doesn't mean anything?" Meaning and philosophical harmony are the enemies of CEOs.

    Let's hope they don't get into meth.