Ils ont surtout pas dù avoir trop le choix vu que ibm avait injecté 50 millions de $ dans suse bien avant le rachat et a injecté 50 autres millions dans novell au moment du rachat (un peu avant ou un peu après).
Donc quand après t'être fait "donné" 50M$ tu n'es pas rentable, tu n'as plus trop ton mot à dire pour la suite en général. (et probablement que tu n'as pas tellement ton mot à dire même si tu es rentable).
Open-source software maker SuSE Linux has narrowly avoided insolvency after investors agreed to a new round of financing, according to a newspaper report. Backers will provide the struggling German company with 50 million euros (45ドル.5 million) in fresh funding, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said in its Thursday edition, citing unnamed industry sources.
"With the new round ... IBM will apparently get on board," the paper said, mentioning Big Blue's recent support for the Linux operating system. Other SuSE investors pumping in more cash include Intel and the venture capital firm Apax Partners, according to FAZ.
SALT LAKE CITY (BrainShare® 2004) - March 23, 2004 - Novell today announced it has signed a definitive agreement with IBM in connection with IBM's previously announced 50ドル million investment in Novell. Publicized in conjunction with Novell's offer to acquire SUSE® LINUX in November 2003, the investment, the primary terms of which were negotiated in November 2003, entails the purchase by IBM of Novell Series B convertible preferred shares that are convertible into 8 million shares of Novell common stock at a price of 6ドル.25 per share. The Series B convertible preferred shares are entitled to a dividend of 2% per annum, payable quarterly in cash.
[^] # Re: `Plop`
Posté par imr . En réponse au journal Novell gagne (enfin) du pognon. Évalué à 3.
Donc quand après t'être fait "donné" 50M$ tu n'es pas rentable, tu n'as plus trop ton mot à dire pour la suite en général. (et probablement que tu n'as pas tellement ton mot à dire même si tu es rentable).
Open-source software maker SuSE Linux has narrowly avoided insolvency after investors agreed to a new round of financing, according to a newspaper report. Backers will provide the struggling German company with 50 million euros (45ドル.5 million) in fresh funding, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said in its Thursday edition, citing unnamed industry sources.
"With the new round ... IBM will apparently get on board," the paper said, mentioning Big Blue's recent support for the Linux operating system. Other SuSE investors pumping in more cash include Intel and the venture capital firm Apax Partners, according to FAZ.
SALT LAKE CITY (BrainShare® 2004) - March 23, 2004 - Novell today announced it has signed a definitive agreement with IBM in connection with IBM's previously announced 50ドル million investment in Novell. Publicized in conjunction with Novell's offer to acquire SUSE® LINUX in November 2003, the investment, the primary terms of which were negotiated in November 2003, entails the purchase by IBM of Novell Series B convertible preferred shares that are convertible into 8 million shares of Novell common stock at a price of 6ドル.25 per share. The Series B convertible preferred shares are entitled to a dividend of 2% per annum, payable quarterly in cash.