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Attachmate To Acquire Novell For $2.2B Cash
wiredmikey and a few others wrote in to let us know that Novell has agreed to be acquired by Attachmate Corporation for $6.10 per share in cash, in a transaction valued at approximately $2.2 billion. The Boston Globe reports that the deal also includes the sale of some intellectual assets to a consortium organized by Microsoft. Attachmate plans to operate Novell and SUSE as separate business units. Here is the press release.
> Think about it: Novell hold the copyrights and trademarks to UNIX. They would make for a nice addition to Microsoft's portfolio, don't you think?
Maybe not. According to this old press release, Novell sold the UnixWare IP to Santa Cruz in 1996.
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He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
Well assuming that the mod would find something googlable in "Another one (that made a deal with MS) bites the dust."
You are entitled to your own opinions, not your own facts.
The question is...what "IP" has been sold to Microsoft?
Probably 127.0.0.1.
*buh-boom tick*
I'll be here all night.
In court testimony Mr. Hawn is reported to have said 'I was told we had to kill GNU as part of this deal. I didn't really understand the reference, but I looked up a picture of a Gnu. When I saw them wandering onto my ranch I knew what had to be done."
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