Reuters: “Novell Has Put Itself up for Sale”
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2010-05-15 11:57:21 UTC
- Modified: 2010-05-15 11:57:21 UTC
Summary: Now that Novell is said to be looking for a buyer, who would dare acquire the accompanying burden?
NOVELL'S latest results are just days away. The last time Novell reported its results, a bid was made to take over Novell and the invitation to conquer Novell is still open. We covered this in:
The priority of the "
Boycott Novell" campaign has since then been lowered. We expect Novell to be sold some time this year, so Novell will probably suffer the same fate as Mandriva, Turbolinux, and Linspire (all sold). Here is a
new article from Reuters (also
here) which says that "Novell Inc has put itself up for sale."
Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N) is in the process of buying smartphone pioneer Palm Inc (PALM.O) for $1.2 billion, while software maker Novell Inc (NOVL.O) has put itself up for sale.
Here is a
new opinion piece from one who guessed that Novell would be bought by
SAP, which is still a possibility.
So what's next for SAP? Before SAP makes its next acquisition (my wild guess will be either Novell or Redhat), SAP has to do two things right away.
Nobody is interested in buying Novell, except a hedge fund that would probably dismantle it, although it denies intentions to sell Novell in pieces. Even Microsoft would rather keep SUSE as a separate entity, for reasons that
Professor Eben Moglen explained.
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