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Summary: Richard Williams from Cross Research believes that Microsoft or even its ally SAP might attempt to buy Novell for approximately $2 billion
LAST NIGHT we wrote about Novell's possibly inevitable fate as a private company, taken over by another. We have not prepared any detailed posts on the subject yet, but here is some food for thought:
Elliot offers to buy Novell Inc. for $2bn; Novell stock surge
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“The deal price is on the low side compared to recent deals that were transacted in the enterprise software space,” said Cross Research analyst Richard Williams.
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William said there could be more companies who would offer a similar bid for Novell as Elliot’s. HP, SAP, and Microsoft are expected to be the possible suitors.
Microsoft, already having a strong business partnership with Novell, sells Novell’s version of Linux to its customers.
This whole episode may explain why a lot of executives quit the company recently. At this stage, it seems unlikely that Novell will stay NOVL this year. █
“Now [Novell is] little better than a branch of Microsoft”
–LinuxToday Managing Editor
