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Attachmate To Acquire Novell For $2.2B Cash

Posted by kdawson on from the old-order-passeth dept.

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.

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  1. Well, well, well by mlwmohawk · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Microsoft is involved, so that is not good news. SuSE is dead, or soon will be.
    What's going to happen to the UNIX copyrights, and will this IP sale be the stick that they will continue to try to beat Linux with?
    Software patents? OMG, in the hands of Microsoft?

    One can theorize that this is Microsoft's way of trying to get Google. Windows Phone 7 needs a way to beat Android, and I'm sure the whole Linux copyright, patent BS will be focused on the mobile phone market.