Enterprise software provider Micro Focus has entered into an agreement to acquire and merge with The Attachmate Group for US$1.2 billion in shares. The Attachmate Group is a software holdings company with a stable of Linux distribution, device-management and file hosting products, including Attachmate, NetIQ, Novell and SUSE. Micro Focus triples the size of its … continue reading
Red Hat remains the top contributor, with Intel and Novell jockeying for second place … continue reading
With Novell under Attachmate’s banner, SUSE Linux should be fine, but Mono will probably be in trouble … continue reading
The drive toward small, user-made solutions will push Java’s future away from the cumbersome Java EE … continue reading
Actions from Novell and Red Hat have put the community’s in a lot of trouble and uncertainty … continue reading
Attachmate’s acquisition of Novell was the big news, but there was a steady stream of smaller-value deals … continue reading
The software landscape has changed dramatically following recent acquisitions; open-source software has a long tail … continue reading
With Novell finally vanquished, Microsoft loses one of its oldest, and most persistent, competitors … continue reading
Deal would mean the end of Novell as an independent entity; some assets will be sold to Microsoft-backed consortium … continue reading
SUSE Appliance Toolkit 1.1 can support KVM and OVF, giving users more flexibility in deploying to the cloud … continue reading
Linux support was broadened to cover Red Hat, and a new debugger was added for non-x86 hardware … continue reading
Hopefully the ruling from the District Court of Utah will spell the end of SCO’s lawsuits … continue reading
