Casper Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 http://www.novell.com/news/press/novell-agrees-to-be-acquired-by-attachmate-corporationHoly crap. Didn't see that one coming. I really thought Microsoft was going to buy them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblosser Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 $2.2 billion, plus another $450 million to a wing of MS?$2.65 billion for a company with (almost) no customers and (almost) no products?Hmmm. I'll sell them the jblosser company, also with no customers/products, for half that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted November 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 $2.2 billion, plus another $450 million to a wing of MS?$2.65 billion for a company with (almost) no customers and (almost) no products?Hmmm. I'll sell them the jblosser company, also with no customers/products, for half that...No customers? Novell? Eh? I have tons of clients using Novell eDirectory and Groupwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidgetTodd Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 I've no idea what you two are talking about but wanted to raise my post count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 I didn't know that Novell was still around! I haven't heard much about them since the mid to late 90's, when M$ intregrated networking into windows, and NT took over server duties for many companies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC51 John Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 Oh, yeah. A lot of very large companies still use Lotus Notes and Same Time.Chase just converted to from 'Same Time' to 'Office Communicator' approx a month ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdubyah Posted November 22, 2010 Report Share Posted November 22, 2010 (edited) I can name one agency in the state that still uses Novell...sadly the one I work for Edited November 22, 2010 by Cdubyah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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