AC/OS: What would Novell buy?
Matt AC Wonders what would Novell buy?
A conversation with a friend today made me wonder, "What will Novell buy?" Word on the street is that the company has $200M or so burning a hole in its pocket, with Altiris and XenSource as potential acquisition candidates. If there's any fire behind the smoke, both deals could make sense, albeit for very different reasons.
I wonder, does XenSource want to be bought ? When talking to Peter Levine in Amsterdam early december I wasn't under the impression they were interrested in being bought any time soon , if you look at his previous track record at Veritas I think he's someone who wants to build something big, not sell something small.