[ale] speaking of novell...

Greg Freemyer greg.freemyer at gmail.com
Mon Nov 8 12:07:29 EST 2010


On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Tim Watts <tim at cliftonfarm.org> wrote:
> This was back in Sept.:
>
> http://www.osnews.com/story/23818/WSJ_VMware_To_Buy_Novell_s_Linux_Business
>
> anyone heard any updates? Seems like a bad thing since VMware strikes me
> as being a rather hapless player in the market. Or maybe not -- maybe
> they're waking up to the fact that microsoft isn't their friend after
> all.

Anybody that knows is not allowed to say.  So all you can find are
rumors.  If you're lucky, informed ones but even then they aren't
worth much.

BTW: Isn't VMware owned by EMC?  I never see EMC mentioned in these
articles, or was the VMware purchase by EMC never finalized?

Greg


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