Longtime Microsoft foe Novell has signed an agreement to acquire SuSE Linux for $210 million in cash, while IBM, the most powerful backer of the Linux OS, will make a $50 million investment in Novell.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5101680.html
Longtime Microsoft foe Novell has signed an agreement to acquire SuSE Linux for $210 million in cash, while IBM, the most powerful backer of the Linux OS, will make a $50 million investment in Novell.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5101680.html
Very very interesting...
The old cast is back to take on the world again! Novell has long been spiralling into obscurity, and it seems that someone on the board is not about to let that happen. They now have an enterprise-class edition of linux at their disposal, as well as the ability to connect to MS Exchange. They also have a killer desktop, but what they do with that remains to be seen. So they've developed a wicked arsenal...time to see if they still know how to use it.
Now one has to wonder...will we be seeing Ximian Gnome tailored for SuSE?
Seems like my new kick ass GNOME distribution will be SuSE... cool.
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