Looks like #SUSE #Linux is up for sale.

[atoponce@fosstodon.org]

Looks like #SUSE #Linux is up for sale. Again.

- 2003: Acquired by Novell
- 2010: Attachmate Group takeover
- 2014: Micro Focus merger
- 2018: Sold to EQT AB

(Ignoring all the asset sales and transfers)

reuters.com

(www.reuters.com)

[penguin42@mastodon.org.uk]

@atoponce Does that mean they're going to have to make another batch of Geeko?

[adamhotep@infosec.exchange]

@atoponce now might be a great time to sell; SUSE and Canonical (Ubuntu) are the best enterprise Linux offerings outside the US, and EU governments may be really interested in bolstering a EU-based distro given current US politics.

$6B looks steep, but I'm guessing it's in the right ballpark: Wikipedia says SUSE's annual revenue is 2.8x Canonical's with 2-2.5x the employees. Canonical is worth $1-2B, so SUSE may indeed be worth $3-6B.