<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Joel Witherspoon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joel.witherspoon@gmail.com">joel.witherspoon@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Bad news: CPTN Holdings LLC is a Microsoft Company<br></blockquote><div><br>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"...<br>
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22/November/2010<br>
...Novell also announced the sale of certain intellectual property assets<br>
to CPTN Holdings LLC. The sale of certain intellectual property assets<br>
will not impact customers. Customers will continue to be authorized to<br>
use Novell products under this intellectual property.<br>
...</blockquote><div><br>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<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Attachmate Corporation plans to retain both the Novell and SUSE brands<br>
and operate them as two separate business units, along with its other<br>
holdings, Attachmate and NetIQ. The transaction with Attachmate<br>
Corporation and the sale of certain intellectual property assets to<br>
CPTN Holdings LLC are currently expected to close in the first quarter<br>
of 2011.<br></blockquote><div><br>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. <br>
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