Rumours and speculations about the possible sale of Mandriva were given a new twist last week when Gaël Duval, the distribution's founder and current CTO of Ulteo, noted (blog post in French) that Novell could be another party with interest in the troubled French Linux company. He links to this article by L'informaticien (also in French) which has talked to John Dragoon, Novell's senior vice president and chief marketing officer. This is the (translated) reply: "Some aspects of the Mandriva company are interesting, for sure. We have great respect for their technology, although that's not really what interests us. What would be more worthwhile for us is its installed customer base." However, the article concludes that Novell is unlikely to bid for Mandriva as it is currently distracted by trying to resist an (inadequate) takeover bid from one of its main shareholder, while offering itself for sale to as many as twenty other potential buyers. Más información sobre estos y otros rumores: http://www.indidea.org/gael/blog/?p=128 http://www.linformaticien.com/Actualit%C3%A9s/tabid/58/newsid496/8349/brains... http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/032010-novell-rejects-takeover.html http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64J07S20100520 Extraído de: http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20100524 -- Español: Estas son opiniones personales y no representan la posición de ninguna organización con o sin fines de lucro. English These are personal opinions and do not represent the position of any organization or nonprofit.