“Novell Inc.’s $210 million planned acquisition of SuSE Linux AG
will put it in violation of a non-compete agreement the networking
vendor has with The SCO Group Inc., and could possibly lead to
legal action, SCO CEO Darl McBride said Monday in an interview.“The non-compete agreement is part of a broader agreement signed
between Novell and The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. when Novell sold
the rights to its Unix System V software in 1995, McBride
said…”