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Oracle Looks At Buying Novell
Several readers wrote to note Larry Ellison's comments about launching an Oracle Linux Distro (great! yet another!) and that Oracle has/is also looking at purchasing Novell. The great shake-out continues.
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Oracle Novell SuSE Desktop Linux!
Hell, let's get Sun into this deal somehow too! Then we could have the trifecta of old school struggling tech companies bound by a hatred of Microsoft.
Rumors of a Novell buyout by Oracle were pre-empted today when Redhat officially announced their aquisition of Novell.
It seems, though that all may not be lost for Oracle. Redhat has indicated that Novell will sell off their Suse division before the Redhat-Novell merger is completed.
"We have been trying to work this deal for a long time," said the head janitor at Redhat's Sao Paulo, Brazil offices. "Why do you think we ejected 'Fedora Directory Services'? We're ready to push eDirectory to its full potential!"
Officials at Oracle did not comment. But a chair was heard smashing against a wall in Redmond, WA.
Naw, not rotten. Novell is a good company. Stable, boring.
It's more of a pinecone. Nobody is sure what to do with it.
Only pansys need a distro.. be a man and do it yourself..
Ok, so im only kidding. somewhat.
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