[dundee] Novell's Finally Sold: Going To Attachmate & Microsoft

[Andrew Clayton]

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:19:23 +0000, Andrew Clayton wrote:

> > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODgxMw
> 
> >From lwn.net
> 
> "Novell has announced the company's sale to Attachmate for
> $6.10/share. More ominously: "Novell also announced it has entered
> into a definitive agreement for the concurrent sale of certain
> intellectual property assets to CPTN Holdings LLC, a consortium of
> technology companies organized by Microsoft Corporation, for $450
> million in cash, which cash payment is reflected in the merger
> consideration to be paid by Attachmate Corporation." Information on
> what the "certain intellectual property assets" are is scarce at the
> moment. (Thanks to Jeff Schroeder)."
> 
> Ominous indeed. I hope another company can't just drag all that
> through the courts again...

Perhaps no need to worry.

http://www.novell.com/company/ir/message.html

"Novell will continue to own Novell’s UNIX copyrights following
completion of the merger as a subsidiary of Attachmate"

Andrew