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Why the Novell / MS Deal Is Very Bad
jamienk writes "PJ from Groklaw has taken the time to really explain the big picture of the Novell/MS deal and how it all fits into the SCO case and the strategy some have employed to attack Free Software. If you thought PJ was becoming too shrill before, or if you haven't understood what the big deal is with Novell's agreement, it's really worth a read." From the article: "This is Groklaw's 2,838th article. We now have 10,545 members, who have worked very hard to disprove SCO's scurrilous claims, and we did. We succeeded, beyond my hopes when we started. But here's the sad part. As victory is in sight, Novell signs a patent agreement with Microsoft..."
... is against yourself.
Seriously though, I bet Suse loves all the good PR they're getting right now.
Well Novell's total current assets are around $1,625,564,000.00 (call it 1 1/2 billion). Their total assets are around $2,422,600,000.00 (well over 2 billion). After liabilities their Net Tangible Assets are about $669,085,000.00 (call it 1/2 billion). If you can pick them up for 11.2M, I'd like to know how.
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The phrase refers to the idea that a butterfly's wings might create tiny changes in the atmosphere that ultimately cause a tornado to appear (or, for that matter, prevent a tornado from appearing). The flapping wing represents a small change in the initial condition of the system, which causes a chain of events leading to large-scale phenomena. Had the butterfly not flapped its wings, the trajectory of the system might have been vastly different..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect