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

[Andrew Clayton]

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:20:56 +0000, James Le Cuirot wrote:

> Oh dear.
> 
> 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...

Andrew