Novell Completes Sale

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Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @07:33AM from the so-long dept.

symbolset writes "Today Novell completed its sale to Attachmate. The company will be a wholly owned subsidiary and be delisted from the stock exchange. Novell was once a dominant player in network software, and its passing signals the end of an era."

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So what will happen to OpenSuse? by kalpol · 2011-04-27 07:37 · Score: 3, Insightful

I am fond of that distribution - any word on whether it will still be maintained?

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Sic semper Microsoft particeps by straponego · 2011-04-27 07:43 · Score: 1, Insightful

(I'm sure that's bad Latin)
Re:not the least bit surprising by 140Mandak262Jamuna · 2011-04-27 07:53 · Score: 4, Insightful

Just another example of innovate or die. They had a HUGE place in business servers years ago, and then they just sat down on their laurels, and never stood back up.
No, their prices were being undercut by Microsoft, which had independent revenue stream in the form of MsOffice and Windows. It is impossible for any company to fight this in their own turf. Microsoft will simply wait for you to run out of cash and then sweep in and peck on the carcass.

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Re:Corel Wordperfect is still around by Desler · 2011-04-27 09:00 · Score: 1, Insightful

That's indeed part of the problem.

No, that wasn't part of the problem at all. That's just crap made up after the fact by people plagued with nostalgia who can't possibly fathom that Microsoft could haven't beaten WordPerfect by anything but sneak moves.