Posts Tagged Novell
Attachmate Statement on Open Source
Posted by Jason in Novell, Open Source on December 18, 2010
A recent SEC filing gives a preview of an upcoming Attachmate statement on Open Source, OpenSUSE and related matters: Attachmate Acquisition: What does it mean for SUSE, openSUSE & open source? —A Q&A with Jeff Hawn, chairman and CEO of Attachmate by Jos Poortvliet, openSUSE Community Manager at Novell I had a chance to speak with [...]
Patents and Change: More on Novell-Attachmate
Posted by Jason in Novell, Patent System on December 1, 2010
More brilliant, unique and rainbow-creating analysis on the Novell-Attachmate deal. Answering Questions First, you may want to read my stunningly well-written post “What Patents is Novell Selling?” Make sure you have a pencil in both hands. The main conclusion I draw patent-wise is that we can easily find Novell has a little over 800 patents, and we [...]
Novell’s Final Betrayal: 800+ Patents to Microsoft
Today Novell announced its final betrayal of Linux and the Free and Open Source Community: 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 [...]
A developer looks at VMware/Novell
Here is an interesting post considering the potential VMWare/Novell deal from Manny Vellon the CTO of Likewise. Mr. Vellon professes to be a programmer at heart (albeit a VB programmer) and his opinion here is worth the read. Here’s the part that jumped out at me: Second, we needed a toolset for implementing and calling SOAP web services. [...]
Novell: Why we don’t need a third Linux distro
Fascinating blend of spin and whistling-past-the-graveyard from the Novell Director of Linux and Appliances.
Novell in a two-part Fire Sale
The New York Post is reporting that Novell has “reached a deal in principle to sell itself in two parts” in the next month, culminating with Novell being de-listed. According to the Post, the breakdown is SUSE to a “strategic buyer” and the rest to a private-equity firm. Edited 17SEP2010: The Wall Street Journal is [...]
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