Sorry, I cut my finger and typing is a pain. ....As many of you can guess, this could lead to major trouble for both Apple and Linux IMO.
Chris... On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Chris Penn <cantorm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Novell has announced the company's sale to Attachmate for $6.10/share. > More ominously: "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 $450 million in > cash, which cash payment is reflected in the merger consideration to > be paid by Attachmate Corporation." Information on what the "certain > intellectual property assets" are is scarce at the moment. > > Reference: > http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/109868319.html > http://lwn.net/Articles/416567/rss > > That is right, Micro$oft has bought part of a Linux company. Before > the celebration begins, It sounds like the worst could have happened. > It is not yet determined what M$ purchased but wouldn't make sense if > they purchased rights to UNIX, which was finally determined to be > owned by Novell. I have suggested the purchase Novell for Unix by M$ > for sometime now on the list. As many of you can guess, > > > -- > "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > -Roger Penrose > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
