So UNIX copyrights go _with_ Novell and become de facto property of Attachmate is what I read of this.<br><br>That is FAR better than the other "investment group" acquiring those copyrights.<br><br>So what did Novell sell to CPTN Holdings? M. De Icaza? </snark><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Greg Freemyer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:greg.freemyer@gmail.com">greg.freemyer@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Mike,<br>
<br>
I believe in response to thoughts like yours, Novell put a press<br>
release that says:<br>
<br>
"Novell will continue to own Novell’s UNIX copyrights following<br>
completion of the merger as a subsidiary of Attachmate."<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.novell.com/company/ir/message.html" target="_blank">http://www.novell.com/company/ir/message.html</a><br>
<br>
But that is basically all it says, so it is impossible to know what is going on.<br>
<br>
Greg<br>
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On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Michael H. Warfield <<a href="mailto:mhw@wittsend.com">mhw@wittsend.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> This may just be my innate over active paranoia kicking in but this just<br>
> can not be good. Not at all.<br>
><br>
> Novell has agreed to be bought out by Attachmate, which is, in and of<br>
> itself, not a bad thing (Novell needed to be picked up by someone).<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/11/novell_agrees_t_1.html" target="_blank">http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/11/novell_agrees_t_1.html</a><br>
><br>
> The devil is in the details. Attachmate gets and will run "Novell and<br>
> SUSE" but...<br>
><br>
> "Novell also said it has entered into an agreement for the concurrent<br>
> sale of certain intellectual property assets to CPTN Holdings LLC, a<br>
> consortium of technology companies organized by Microsoft Corp., for<br>
> $450 million in cash..."<br>
><br>
> Take the current Novell and subtract off Novell the brand (presuming<br>
> Netware included) and SUSE and what's left (worth a cool $450 million in<br>
> cash)? The only things I can think of would be the Old UNIX licenses<br>
> and properties, which were at the heart of the SCO litigation until<br>
> Novell blew the wheels off from under SCO. Where fore goes UnixWare.<br>
><br>
> I've got a bad feeling this is not going to end well. I may be wrong<br>
> and I really REALLY hope I'm wrong, but I just gotta a baaad feeling<br>
> Abbot (cue walking dead mummy).<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> Mike<br>
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