Novell ready for acquisitions?
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Do you want Novell to buy you? I didn't think so.
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These three companies have the urge to merge -- which deals will be the ones to work out?
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With merger and acquisition fever said to be waning, which deals will be the ones to work out?
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As merger fever hits new highs, which deals will work out?
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Novell has given its recently acquired Linux distro, SuSE, a push, by signing an agreement with Dell to offer SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 on select PowerEdge servers worldwide.
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Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) offer a new desktop version of Linux for its enterprise customers, the company announced Monday.
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Novell, seeking a real-time makeover for its collaboration wares, announced that it has acquired SiteScape, the developer of open-source collaboration tools.
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Not since SCO has there been a company so reviled by the open source community as Novell following its deal with Microsoft.  Already there are some clear signs of the negative effects of that anger: senior coders have left the company; Novell has posted a loss for the most recent quarter; and there are calls for a boycott of Novell products â to say nothing of imminent changes to the GNU GPL that might well nullify the entire Novell-Microsoft deal.  Some people are rubbing their hands in glee at the thought of Novell crashing and burning completely, but such a development could actually turn out to be one of the worst things to happen to free software.
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There is a fascinating article on Groklaw called Searching for Openness in Microsoft's OOXML and Finding Contradictions. One of the most relevant comments in the article is "So, they plan to be the only one in the Linux world that can actually interoperate with Microsoft. How do you think they will achieve that? By sharing? On the contrary, they already market themselves as uniquely interoperable, which means they get to interoperate and you don't, unless you are their paying customer."  There is also the Novell comment, "Only Novell has Microsoftâs endorsement as its partner to drive Linux-Windows interoperability."
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After announcing a $536 million cash infusion by Microsoft, Novell has unveiled its desktop operating system for businesses - based on Linux. Built atop SuSE Enterprise Server, Novell Desktop Linux 9 features leading open source applications such as OpenOffice.org and Firefox alongside enterprise features.
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The Motley Fool - Investors have unloaded on many software companies lately, such as Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT - News), Siebel (Nasdaq: SEBL - News), Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL - News), and so on. However, with the markets perking up this week, investors are a little more sanguine about the sector -- at least for those stocks that exceed expectations.
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The real issue users need to keep their eyes on is will these three companies be able to leave well enough alone. How other companies have handled past acquisitions might provide some insight into how these company mergers and their products will fare long term.
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The Linux vendor partners with Microsoft in one respect and takes it head-on in another. This time, the results are mixed as Novell suffers a small quarterly loss.
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By Bob Mims, The Salt Lake Tribune  Mar. 10--Novell Inc. confirms it is putting some excess property on its  Provo campus up for sale -- but the company says that does not portend a Utah  exodus.
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In a statement released yesterday, Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian found himself distancing his company's stance from that of Microsoft, its newfound partner. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer believes Novell's paying for its intellectual property, on behalf of Linux customers who might otherwise be sued.
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With merger and acquisition surging again, which deals will be the ones to work out?
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Dowry for Linux-Windows nuptials tops $350m Novell wants you to know that selling its soul to Steve Ballmer was a really good idea.â¦