[CLUE-Talk] Interesting times: Novell acquires SUSE

[Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier]

Well, this is interesting:

Novell acquires SUSE
http://lwn.net/Articles/56599/

PROVO, Utah -- Nov. 4, 2003 -- Novell today announced it has entered
into an agreement to acquire SUSE LINUX, one of the world's leading
enterprise Linux companies, expanding Novell's ability to provide
enterprise-class services and support on the Linux platform. With the
open source expertise of SUSE LINUX and Novell's world-class networking
and identity solutions and support, training and consulting services,
Novell will be able to deliver Linux and all its components -- from the
server to the desktop -- and give organizations a secure, reliable and
mature Linux foundation. Novell will pay $210 million in cash to
complete the acquisition. The transaction is subject to regulatory
approval and the winding up of shareholder agreements. Novell expects
the transaction to close by the end of its first fiscal quarter (January
2004).

Zonker
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