For Sale: Linux OS and Other Assorted Assets Mar 11, 2010, 16 :03 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (2576 reads) (Other stories by Paul Rubens)
"The enterprise Linux space has suddenly got very interesting following the news that a bunch of sharp-suited New Yorkers have made an offer to buy SUSE Linux's parent company, Novell...
"So for anyone interested in buying an enterprise Linux business, bids start at around $1 billion for SUSE, or more than $4.5 billion -- and probably closer to $6 billion -- for Red Hat. Put like that, SUSE looks inexpensive. In the clash of the Linuxes there's little doubt that the majority believe Red Hat is the better one -- but is it six times better, as the price differential (which admittedly includes all the "extras") suggests?"
