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[Basil Chupin <blchupin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 21/09/2010 19:39, jsa wrote:
> On 09/21/2010 02:28 AM, C wrote:
>    
> > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:57, David C. Rankin wrote:
> >      
> > > On 09/21/2010 02:53 AM, C wrote:
> > >        
> > > > Whoever buys openSUSE will be buying it for a reason, and they will
> > > > not invest a substantial chunk of money into acquiring openSUSE from
> > > > Novel only to kill it off and bury the remains.
> > > >          
> > > You would need to qualify that slightly by saying the possibility, though rare,
> > > may depend on the source of the capital used for the purchase. There are those
> > > with adverse motives of course... ( hypothetically MS funds the vmware purchase
> > > using vmware as the front-man, kills suse, then sues Novell and the wayward
> > > users for infringement under the MS-Novell deal). Nah -- it would never happen 
> > > :p
> > >        
> > It's all speculation.  None of us has any firm information, and those
> > that do cannot talk about it (and I don't expect them to speak up
> > either).
> >
> > C.
> >      
>
> I'm pretty sure we all know its speculation at this point.
> Seriously, is that all you have to offer?
>
> In the short term, speculation seldom gets things totally wrong. (The
> long term is another story).  If this deal is getting close to being
> done, and people are saying "no comment" instead of outright denials
> then you can pretty much guarantee the speculation in the press is
> pretty much spot on.
>    

Please refresh my memory: what was the "speculation" when Novell was 
rumoured to about to buy SuSE? Why was Novell buying SuSE? What business 
plan did Novell have in doing so?

What was the final result?

BC

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