Elliott Associates: Novell Won’t Go to Pieces

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 13, 2010

[ Thanks to The VAR Guy for this
link. ]

“Elliott Associates, the hedge fund that’s seeking to
acquire Novell and SUSE Linux, is denying a report that it plans to
break up Novell and sell off the pieces. Hmmm… But The VAR
Guy still wonders: Will Novell and Elliott Associates reach a
buyout agreement in time for Novell BrainShare — a big
customer and partner that starts March 21? Here’s some speculation.

“A report by Bloomberg News suggested that Elliott Associates
planned to buy Novell then potentially sell off some or all of the
pieces. But a March 11 statement from Elliott Associates denied the
report”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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