[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]
“Who really bought Novell? Of course, I know that
Attachmate is the company that’s on record as purchasing Novell for
$2.2-billion, while Microsoft shelled out $450 million for some
Novell intellectual property. But tell me, where did Attachmate get
$2.2-billion? Could it have been Microsoft? I think so.“I’ve covered Attachmate over the years, so I knew who they were
when the news broke that Attachmate had purchased Novell. What I
couldn’t see was where the heck they had gotten the money for the
deal. Attachmate’s main business over the years has been software
terminal emulation. That’s a business line that’s been dying ever
since the Web came along in the early 90s.”