[SGVLUG] Novell has been sold

[Tom Emerson]

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Joel Witherspoon <
joel.witherspoon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bad news: CPTN Holdings LLC is a Microsoft Company
>

maybe, maybe not - this release doesn't specify exactly which items of
"intellectual property" have been sold - for all we know it may be pure
netware "stuff"...



> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 22/November/2010
> ...Novell also announced the sale of certain intellectual property assets
> to CPTN Holdings LLC. The sale of certain intellectual property assets
> will not impact customers. Customers will continue to be authorized to
> use Novell products under this intellectual property.
> ...


granted, microsoft would like to get their hands on the most juicy "bits"
available.  This statement here also implies some level of protection via a
grandfather clause, but this is no guarantee that they will continue to
honor this agreement


> Attachmate Corporation plans to retain both the Novell and SUSE brands
> and operate them as two separate business units, along with its other
> holdings, Attachmate and NetIQ. The transaction with Attachmate
> Corporation and the sale of certain intellectual property assets to
> CPTN Holdings LLC are currently expected to close in the first quarter
> of 2011.
>

I do wonder, a bit, how this really affects "OpenSuSE", as I'm under the
impression that this is operated separately from Novell/SuSE in the first
place.  I suppose if it gets to be too obnoxious, I'll finally move off of
(open)SuSE.
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