On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 10:04, Lars Olson wrote: > I just saw on slashdot that Novell has purchased Ximian. I'm no > business major, but why is Novell buying companies so soon after laying > off so many employees?
Has anything Novell done made much sense? Sometimes it seems they buy companies just because they think it makes them look cool. They've been laying off people pretty regularly for the last few years and it hasn't stopped their incessant appetite for acquisition. Nor has it helped their stock price. Corey ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
