I agree if Novell sold the Unix IP that the courts said it owned. Chris
On Nov 22, 2010, at 6:36 AM, Chris Penn <cantorm...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
