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Forbes: Novell: We Surrender

“Three years ago this week, ailing software maker Novell paid
$210 million to acquire Suse, a German version of the free
operating system called Linux. Novell hoped that by embracing
Linux, an alternative to the decidedly unfree Windows operating
system from Microsoft, it could revive its dying software
business.

“On Thursday, Novell effectively conceded that this effort has
failed…”


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