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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. SUNW: 2 billion in cash / NOVL : 3 billion cap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Sun has 2 billion in cash and Novell is priced at 3 billion. Looks risky burning your cash reserves. I'm not sure Novell provides the "synergy" that could sparc a Sun revival.

  2. Re:Doesn't anyone proofread these submissions? by pknoll · · Score: 4, Informative
    It should read as "ZDNet is" and "Sun is".

    Unless you're in the U.K., where the convention is as written. They tend to refer to companies as collective nouns.

    The U.S. (and its standards of English) are not the world.