-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 James Knott wrote:
Martin Jungowski wrote:
Am 03.03.2010 08:13, schrieb Fred A. Miller:
Many of you don't read the off-topic list, so I'll post this here because of it's importance.
Fred
Fred, your link doesn't work: 404 not found You cut off the final 3, the correct link is: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6214QN20100303
Martin
It isn't for "sale". It's an offer to buy up shares, which are always on sale, if some share holder wants to sell. IBM owns a chunk IIRC.
Every couple of years or so Novell gets linked to buy out talks with other companies within the I.T industry (usually IBM or Microsoft), and these normally come to nothing. The unusual thing in this case is that this a financial fund that has assessed that Novell's share market value seems to be less than the company's actual capital value making it a suitable acquisition target. If it succeeds any further decision making will likely be made by 'bean counters' rather than those with a background in the industry, which could be quite destructive. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/03/novell_mulls_elliott_offer/ and http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/03/novell_elliott_take_private/ Give a slightly different analysis of the offer, and other likely players.... BTW OpenSuSE is only a part of Novells operation (although a significant part maybe), the original SuSE acquisition probably had more to do with a need to find an alternative to the declining Netware based revenue stream than any particular commitment to FOSS (the code bases for NDS, Netware and e-Directory AFAIK still definitely closed source). - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuPwbQACgkQasN0sSnLmgL0cQCfZxfK5nGdIhgiiP4yHZFZ4rs5 HmMAoNrzQG014H42AnlZmQLrD+w7m9Ox =bOm9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org