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Oracle Looks At Buying Novell

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the consolidation-to-continue dept.

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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  1. yay by KarmaMB84 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oracle Novell SuSE Desktop Linux!

    1. Re:yay by iggymanz · · Score: 5, Funny

      hey, that's GNU/Oracle-Novell-SuSE Desktop Linux!! GnoranoveSuSE?

    2. Re:yay by utlemming · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Better yet, just imagine how this would have some serious impact on our friends at SCO? They thought they were taking on IBM, and Novell got into the mix, but with an acquistian by Oracle you would have SCO up against IBM and Oracle -- two heavy weights. To really make it painful, Larry Ellision is not known for being a nice business man.

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  2. In other news by Billly+Gates · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Mysql and postgresql are mysteriously missing from SuSE after the acquisition

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  3. Rumors preempted by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  4. Re:Novell's new tagline by Dr.+Evil · · Score: 5, Funny

    Naw, not rotten. Novell is a good company. Stable, boring.

    It's more of a pinecone. Nobody is sure what to do with it.