Phil G. schrieb am Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:35:17 -0500:

> Isn't (wasn't) SuSE privately held?  Wouldn't that make it a GmbH?
> 
> (Which, btw, is Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung - company with 
> limited liability.)

1. AG is short for "Aktiengesellschaft" which means the company is owned
by stockholders and has to have a certain structure of management
(besides a few other rules in the accounting department).

SuSe was founded in 1992 as GmbH but changed into a AG in 1997.
Read up (in german) at
http://www.suse.de/de/company/suse/suse/factsheet.html

Here's a short part of a Heise-article, translated from German for your
convenience:
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The current owners have already agreed to the sale to Novell. 
SuSE Linux AG belonged to 

1. the risk investor company e-millennium (32%) which is owned by SAP
and Deutsche Bank (among others); 
2.Apax (21%); 
3.Adastra(20%);  

Rest of the stock is owned by Intel Capital, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and
SGI (together 12%); and small parts for the founders of SuSE and
employees.
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wobo

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