Novell sold for $2.2 billion

[Christopher Chan]

On Tuesday, November 23, 2010 07:57 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>
>     As Microsoft-led consortium sweeps up 882 Novell patents.
>
> Microsoft's intellectual property vault has been bolstered with some 882
> more software patents after open source vendor Novell
> <http://www.novell.com/home/> was acquired for US$2.2 billion (AU$2.2
> billion) late yesterday.
>
>
> http://www.itnews.com.au/News/239447,novell-sold-for-22-billion.aspx
>
> --
> Attorney:    Doctor, do you recall the time that you examined the body?
> Witness:     The autopsy started at 2030 hours.
> Attorney:    And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
> Witness:     If not, he was by the time I finished.
>

Woohoo!

Bye bye Suse Linux!

Bye bye former Microsoft arch-enemy and former Microsoft lap dog.