----------- Novell got $240 million from MS for SUSE subscriptions and $108 million for patent something
The Novell 8-K is up with some details about their sellout to MS. Microsoft bought $240 million worth of SUSE subscriptions that they can resell or shred or do whatever they want. Novell got $108 million for something to do with patents, but will pay Microsoft a total of at least $40 million over 5 years. So Novell gets $348 million in the short term, and pays back $40 million in the long term (assuming they're still in business). Microsoft will spend millions marketing SUSE products. It may be interesting to see the quality of that marketing. I suspect it will vary with the quality of Microsoft's relationship with Novell. I predict the honeymoon will be over by Christmas. I saw it first on Groklaw. ----------- regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
