Novell has announced the company's sale to Attachmate for $6.10/share. More ominously: "Novell also announced it has entered into a definitive agreement for the concurrent sale of certain intellectual property assets to CPTN Holdings LLC, a consortium of technology companies organized by Microsoft Corporation, for $450 million in cash, which cash payment is reflected in the merger consideration to be paid by Attachmate Corporation." Information on what the "certain intellectual property assets" are is scarce at the moment. Reference: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/109868319.html http://lwn.net/Articles/416567/rss
That is right, Micro$oft has bought part of a Linux company. Before the celebration begins, It sounds like the worst may have happened. It has not been determined what M$ purchased in this deal but it would make sense for them to purchased the rights to UNIX, which the court determined was owned by Novell. I have suggested the purchase of Novell for Unix by M$ on the list before. As many can guess, this could lead to major trouble for both Apple and Linux IMO, or at least more threats of legal action. Chris... Sorry for the repost, I took off the bandage so that I could type this time. Last email... _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
