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VMware Looks To Acquire Novell's SUSE Unit

Posted by Soulskill on from the talking-turkey dept.

minutetraders writes "According to the Wall Street Journal, VMware is attempting to acquire Novell's SUSE Linux operating system business. This move would give VMware a full stack of enterprise software and allow it to establish itself as a full-blown infrastructure and software vendor in direct competition with Red Hat." The WSJ report is behind a paywall, but it's accessible in full through a Google search.

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  1. Re:Then Microsoft acquires VMWare by oldspewey · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't see Microsoft acquiring EMC anytime soon.

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  2. Re:No Single Person Has Done More Damage To Linux by derGoldstein · · Score: 2, Funny

    So first the one-liner slamming Mono gets a +5 Insightful, and now this AC gets a 'funny' for placing the word "shit" and "Miguel" next to one another. Who said hate doesn't pay.

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  3. Re:why not just acquire all of Novell by oldspewey · · Score: 2, Funny

    Real men use punchcards and a teletype.

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  4. Re:why not just acquire all of Novell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    real men carve the gears of their difference engine with an hammer and chisel.

  5. Re:why not just acquire all of Novell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sounds like she took your parents for a ride, though...

  6. Re:why not just acquire all of Novell by Nadaka · · Score: 2, Funny

    oh? http://xkcd.com/505/