[ltp] Installing Linux SUSE 8 on 600e

[James Knott]

Rob Smith wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 11:49, James Knott wrote:
> 
>>Rob Smith wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 2003-12-31 at 15:59, James Knott wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hartmut Meyer wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>There are quite a range of books available with SUSE PRESS:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.suse.de/de/business/products/books/index.html
>>>>>
>>>>>Drawback: they are all in German ...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hopefully, that situation will change, when Novell buys SuSE.
>>>
>>>
>>>When Novell buys SuSE? According to what I've seen, it's a done deal at
>>>$210 million.
>>
>>I was under the impression, that the deal hasn't been closed yet.
> 
> 
> LinuxFormat (UK) magazine reports in it's Christmas, 2003 edition, on
> page 6, in the 'Newsdesk' section, "SuSE, Europe's biggest Linux vendor,
> has been acquired by Novell, Inc."
> 
> Also, on the editorial page, Nick Veitch writes, "By the time you read
> this, I'm sure there will have been plenty more statements about
> Novell's purchase of SuSE."
> 
> Maybe they got it wrong and jumped the gun.

Here's what Novell says in their press release.  They plan to have it 
completed by the end of their 1st quarter.

"PROVO, Utah — Nov. 04, 2003 — Novell today announced it has entered 
into an agreement to acquire SUSE LINUX, one of the world's leading 
enterprise Linux companies, expanding Novell's ability to provide 
enterprise-class services and support on the Linux platform. With the 
open source expertise of SUSE LINUX and Novell's world-class networking 
and identity solutions and support, training and consulting services, 
Novell will be able to deliver Linux and all its components — from the 
server to the desktop — and give organizations a secure, reliable and 
mature Linux foundation. Novell will pay $210 million in cash to 
complete the acquisition. The transaction is subject to regulatory 
approval and the winding up of shareholder agreements. Novell expects 
the transaction to close by the end of its first fiscal quarter (January 
2004)."

Here's the link.

http://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/2003/11/pr03069.html