#Micro focus suse software
#Micro focus suse code

Johannes Reichel, Partner at EQT Partners and Investment Advisor to EQT said: вЂњWe are excited to partner with SUSEвЂ™s management in this attractive growth investment opportunity. The current leadership team has managed SUSE through a period of significant growth and now, with continued investment in technology innovation and go to market capability, will further develop SUSEвЂ™s momentum going forward.вЂќ вЂњTogether with EQT, we will benefit both from further investment opportunities and having the continuity of a leadership team focused on securing long-term profitable growth combined with a sharp focus on customer and partner success. вЂњThe next chapter in SUSEвЂ™s development will continue, and even accelerate, the momentum generated over the last years. By partnering with EQT, we will become a fully independent business,вЂќ said Nils Brauckmann, CEO of SUSE. вЂњToday is an exciting day in SUSEвЂ™s history. Founded in 1994, EQT invests in good companies across the world with a mission to help them develop into great and sustainable companies. SUSE will operate as an independent company. What are your opinions on it? Will it help SUSE and thus openSUSE become more independent or not? Do share your views.On 1 July Micro Focus made the somewhat surprising announcement that its SUSE business was being sold for $2.535bn to Swedish private equity company EQT partners. Open Source is the new buzzword in the IT industry and I donвЂ™t think that EQT will try to influence it negatively. What do you think of this move? Is it good or bad?

#Micro focus suse code

Our truly open, open source model, where open refers to the freedom of choice provided to customers and not just the code used in our solutions, is embedded in SUSE culture, differentiates us in the market place and has been key to our years of success. In keeping with our 25-year history, SUSE intends to remain committed to an open source development and business model and actively participate in communities and projects to bring open source innovation to the enterprise as high quality, reliable and usable solutions. SUSE team is aware of such concern and thus they have assured that it wonвЂ™t deviate from its commitment to open source. What happens to openSUSE? What happens to other open source projects by SUSE? Will the new leadership kill the openness of SUSE? The investment and support provided by EQT will enable us to continue driving our build and buy strategy of expanding both organically and through technology acquisition.вЂќ The open nature of SUSE will remain open вЂњThis is exciting news for all of us here at SUSE and it marks the next step in our trajectory of growth and momentum. As mentioned on its blog, the focus will be on expanding SUSE further in IT infrastructureВ field. SUSE Linux is thrilled with the EQT partnership.

#Micro focus suse software

In 2014, Attachmate was merged into British software company Micro Focus for $1.2 billion.ДЄnd today, Micro Focus sold the SUSE software business to EQT for $2.5 billion. Unfortunately, SUSE could not be attached to The Attachmate Group for long. Note that Novell had a lot more assets apart from SUSE Linux business. The Attachmate Group was backed by Microsoft and Microsoft thus acquired over 800 of NovellвЂ™s patent. NovellВ had been trying to compete Microsoft in operating system market for a long time and acquisition of SUSE was part of their strategy.Д®ven SUSE couldnвЂ™t stop the downfall of Novell and in 2010, Novell was acquired for $2.2 billion by anotherВ US-based company, The Attachmate Group. In 2003, US-basedВ software company Novell acquired SUSE for $210 million.