[SLUG] Novell to buy SUSE

[Mark Feather]

Hi folks,

I received this yesterday, thought you might like to see it.

"Novell today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire
SUSE LINUX, one of the world's leading enterprise Linux companies,
expanding Novell's ability to provide enterprise-class services and
support on the Linux platform. With the open source expertise of SUSE
LINUX and Novell's world-class networking and identity solutions and
support, training and consulting services, Novell will be able to
deliver Linux and all its components -- from the server to the
desktop -- and give organizations a secure, reliable and mature Linux
foundation. Novell will pay $210 million in cash to complete the
acquisition. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and
the winding up of shareholder agreements. Novell expects the
transaction to close by the end of its first fiscal quarter (January
2004)."

http://www.Novell.com/news/leadstories/2003/nov3/


Don't know if this is good or bad news, i will have to seriously consider
upgrading to SuSE 9.0 pro before Novell get there paws on it.    It's good
news in so far as everywhere i've looked on the net of late for solving
problems seems to suggest that SuSE is best Linux distro, and Novell seem to
agree too!

Mark