[CLUE-Talk] Interesting times: Novell acquires SUSE

[Jef Barnhart]

Hmmm...
Just thinking out loud.

Novell buys Ximian.
Novell buys SUSE.

How long will support for KDE last and at what level?

Jef

On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 07:39, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
> 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
> -- 
> Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier
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