[ale] SUSE not under Novell? was Re: Atlanta OpenSource Unconference?

Keith kbastin at mindspring.com
Fri Jun 17 09:13:08 EDT 2011


Effective with the completion of the acquisition by Attachmate on April 
27th 2011 - SUSE is a subsidiary of Attachmate and is operating as a 
separate business unit - 
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Attachmate-Splits-Novell-Acquisition-into-NetIQ-SUSE-Divisions-777455/


On 6/17/2011 9:07 AM, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
> Watson, Keith wrote:
>>> -----Original Message----- From: ale-bounces at ale.org
>>> [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Myers Sent:
>>> Friday, June 17, 2011 08:42 To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts Subject:
>>> [ale] SUSE not under Novell? was Re: Atlanta OpenSource
>>> Unconference?
>>>
>>> Chuck Payne wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you guys do this, please note that openSUSE can be there, I
>>>> might even see if can get SUSE to sponsor. ( Now that SUSE is no
>>>> longer under Novell.)
>>> I had no idea, when did this happen?
>>
>> According to this Novell (and SUSE) has been acquired by Attachmate
>> as of April 27, 2011.
>>
>> Novell Completes Merger with Attachmate and Patent Sale to CPTN
>> Holdings LLC
>> http://www.novell.com/news/press/2011/4/novell-completes-merger-with-attachmate-and-patent-sale-to-cptn-holdings-llc.html
>>
>>
>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/44hkzgn
>>
>> Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL), the leader in intelligent workload
>> management, today announced that it has completed its previously
>> announced merger, whereby Attachmate Corporation acquired Novell for
>> $6.10 per share in cash. Novell is now a wholly owned subsidiary of
>> The Attachmate Group, the parent company of Attachmate Corporation.
>>
>> keith
> Oh yes, I do recall that. But, it was a merger, not that SUSE left
> Novell in any way.
>
>> --
>>
>> Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of
>> Technology IT Support professional Lead           College of
>> Computing keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive
>> NW (404) 385-7401                         Atlanta, GA 30332-0280
>>
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