Episode 32 - Feed Back and VMWare will buy Linux...

Found here

Running Time: 0:33:22

1) Introduction

Feed Back on the last podcast and the post.

 2) News

Mandriva Dieing Another Story about Mandriva
Oracle is compiling their own kernel and claims it's really fast
VMWare may be buying at least Suse Linux from Novell

Check out this article for more information
A decenting opinion from Infoworld

General reports of the events fromthe Inquirer,Computer World, and Barrons

3) Conclusion

Recommendations for People to interview
E-Mail us at podcast@linuxinstall.net
Go to the WebSite to call us via Google Voice
Follow us on Twitter @linuxinstall
Follow us on Indenti.ca as linuxinstall or http://identi.ca/linuxinstall
Look for us and comment on iTunes, odeo

Novell could be sold....

Let the bidding war begin.  The offer today by Elliot Associates, LP will most likely not be the last we will see before a deal is made.  The best report I have seen of the story is the one on the Var Guy Website.  He has some great information here and because of the late breaking story hadn't hit the stock yet.  The offer was a dollar over today's closing price.  This is far from a done deal and the Var Guy does a pretty good run down of what I agree are the top partial players if a bidding war were to start.  Unlike other sectors of our economy in the US the Tech Companies/Sector is still flush with cash.  Most of the major players did the right thing and reduced staff and spending which has preserved their capital in the bank.  With Suse being the Number 2 Corporate Linux player it would probably be great fit for a company like HP, Computer Associates, or Oracle.  My top bet is Oracle or Computer Associates.  No matter what it will be interesting to watch and until we know who wins it's going to be hard to say what it means for Suse.