-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Content-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.11.1409160148550.6675@Telcontar.valinor> Is this true? :-O How does this affect us? <http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=500964> <http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTc4OTI> +++····························· SUSE's parent company The Attachmate Group has been bought out. The publicly-traded Micro Focus company has bought out the privately-owned Attachmate, which bought out Novell back in 2010 that owned SUSE at the time. Micro Focus is a British supplier of computer software and consulting services to large corporations, largely around upgrading from legacy platforms and mainframes. Micro Focus is buying Attachmate through a reverse-takeover for a $1.2 billion dollar deal and the combined capital and debt of the new firm is valued at $2.35 billion USD. Details on Micro Focus buying out Attachmate can be found via Reuters and the WSJ. ·····························++- <http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/09/15/uk-micro-focus-inte-attachment-idUKKBN0HA0DN20140915> <http://online.wsj.com/articles/micro-focus-to-buy-attachmate-in-1-2-billion-deal-1410780066> - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEUEARECAAYFAlQXevYACgkQtTMYHG2NR9Xm3gCWKHFJecEQj+FSd+3vYonhQk1H rACfYURLJQk0iFHKcTpI4LTEJfLfBnw= =TvY6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----