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knc1 · 07-13-2017, 09:32 AM

Its my thread, I'll drag it a little bit off-topic.
Although the topic does involve one of the (free) SuSE services, SuSE Studio.

MicroFocus :: The company that might be seeing itself as the early 20th century Standard Oil:
2014: http://www.pcworld.com/article/26843...2-billion.html
2017: https://www.ft.com/content/976c93f8-...30f58?mhq5j=e2
20xx: Will IBM be next?

ah, wait a minute on that one -
Back in 2004, IBM spent $50 million to purchase preferred shares of Novell.
Preferred shares that where (are?) convertible into 8 million common shares of Novell.
https://www.microfocus.com/about/pre...bm_investment/

That 2014 deal above was an exchange of all public Novell shares for shares in the merged company.

I.E: IBM is one of the owners of Micro Focus.
Perhaps not the majority owner, but probably enough to slow down any thoughts MF might have of a buy-out or take over.

Meanwhile, back to work @ SuSE Studio - before someone buys it or sells it and it gets shut it down.

07-13-2017, 09:32 AM	#6
knc1 Going Viral Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210809 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA	Its my thread, I'll drag it a little bit off-topic. Although the topic does involve one of the (free) SuSE services, SuSE Studio. MicroFocus :: The company that might be seeing itself as the early 20th century Standard Oil: 2014: http://www.pcworld.com/article/26843...2-billion.html 2017: https://www.ft.com/content/976c93f8-...30f58?mhq5j=e2 20xx: Will IBM be next? ah, wait a minute on that one - Back in 2004, IBM spent $50 million to purchase preferred shares of Novell. Preferred shares that where (are?) convertible into 8 million common shares of Novell. https://www.microfocus.com/about/pre...bm_investment/ That 2014 deal above was an exchange of all public Novell shares for shares in the merged company. I.E: IBM is one of the owners of Micro Focus. Perhaps not the majority owner, but probably enough to slow down any thoughts MF might have of a buy-out or take over. Meanwhile, back to work @ SuSE Studio - before someone buys it or sells it and it gets shut it down. Last edited by knc1; 07-13-2017 at 09:43 AM.