Novell Inc. reaches two-part sale deal (NY Post)

Posted Sep 16, 2010 10:12 UTC (Thu) by coriordan (guest, #7544)
In reply to: Novell Inc. reaches two-part sale deal (NY Post) by gedeon
Parent article: Novell Inc. reaches two-part sale deal (NY Post)

I think it's unlikely.

The existence of Novell allows Microsoft to say they're working with GNU/Linux rather than shutting it out, and so they can say that c# and .Net are open standards with multiple implementations.

Microsoft probably want to continue having Mono developed by a separate company.

If Microsoft is involved in this purchase, I'd guess their role would be to assist a MS-friendly company (as Novell was) in buying Novell's GNU/Linux wing.