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SUSE Linux Sold for $2.535 Billion

posted by takyon on Monday July 02 2018, @05:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the it's-free dept.

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SUSE Linux Sold for $2.5 Billion

British software company Micro Focus International has agreed to sell SUSE Linux and its associated software business to Swedish private equity group EQT Partners for $2.535 billion.

Also at The Register, Linux Journal, MarketWatch, and Reuters.

Previously: SuSE Linux has a New Owner
HPE Wraps Up $8.8bn Micro Focus Software Dump Spin-Off

Related: SUSE Pledges Endless Love for btrfs; Says Red Hat's Dumping Irrelevant

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday July 02 2018, @07:08PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 02 2018, @07:08PM (#701538) Journal

    I still have the version 5.2 box on my shelf from 1999.

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