Novell sold for $2.2 billion

[Basil Chupin]

On 23/11/2010 11:43, Christopher Chan wrote:
> 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.
>    

See also 
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/whats-microsofts-role-in-the-novell-attachmate-deal/8041

The whole thing may have far broader implications than just openSUSE - 
quite a bit of ip involved.

BC

-- 
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.