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• Novell patent consortium plan withdrawn

  In a move that will be seen by many as a big win for open-source advocates, a plan to create a consortium led by Microsoft to buy Novell patents has been withdrawn.

• CPTN group still intends to buy Novell patents: Microsoft

  The withdrawl of a filing in Germany related to the intended purchase of 882 Novell patents by the Microsoft-led CPTN consortium doesn't signify a lack of intent to buy the patents, a Microsoft spokesperson says.

• Apple, Oracle and EMC part of Microsoft-led company that is buying Novell patents

  Apple, Oracle and EMC are involved with CPTN Holdings LLC, the Microsoft-led consortium that is purchasing 882 patents from Novell for US$450 million, according to a December 9 posting on the website of German antitrust authority Bundeskartellamt, or Federal Cartel Office.

• Novell's decline in NZ mirrored global trend

  Novell's sale to Attachmate for $US2.2 billion last month marked the end of a well-known and warmly-regarded IT vendor as an independent entity, a fate the wasn't totally unexpected.

• Attachmate to retain Novell Unix copyrights

  Novell's copyrights for the Unix operating system will remain under Attachmate's control as part of the companies' pending merger, a Novell spokesman said Wednesday.

• Google Wave may become an Apache project

  Some of the developers behind Google Wave have submitted <a href="http://www.waveprotocol.org/">their software</a> to the Apache Software Foundation for inclusion.

• Why Novell is worth $2.2 billion to Attachmate

  Novell has long since lost its position as a dominant vendor in the operating system market, but the vendor's long, slow decline didn't change the fact that Novell still has some valuable technologies.

• Analysis: Why Novell is worth $2.2 billion to Attachmate

  Novell has long since lost its position as a dominant vendor in the operating system market, but its long, slow decline doesn't change the fact that it still has some valuable technologies.

• Microsoft-led entity to purchase 882 Novell patents in Attachmate deal

  CPTN Holdings, a consortium of technology companies organized by Microsoft, is purchasing 882 Novell patents for US$450 million cash, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing submitted on Monday US time by Novell. The deal is concurrent with Novell's sale to Attachmate for $US2.2 billion.

• Attachmate buying Novell for US$2.2 billion

  Novell announced Monday it has agreed to be acquired by Attachmate for US$2.2 billion, ending months of speculation over its future. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of next year.

• Novell upgrades Zenworks PC management features

  Novell has released a new version of its Zenworks PC management suite, consolidating separate applications through a new unified administrative console, and adding a range of features including awareness of the end user's identity and location.

• Novell unveils enterprise collaboration platform beta

  Novell today took the wraps off a beta version of Novell Vibe -- its new social collaboration.

• Cloud computing in the U.S. shows momentum

  How widespread is business use of cloud computing? The results of one survey published Tuesday suggest use of both public and private clouds has real momentum in the United States, with private cloud computing appearing to be more popular.

• Skill requirements delay Novell recruitment

  Novell aims to fill two key local roles - a country lead/partner executive and a commercial and government sales representative, by the end of October.

• Novell wins final judgment in SCO battle

  It's not the first time onlookers have declared that the long-running legal dispute between Novell and SCO is over, but many are saying that a Thursday judgment favoring Novell on all counts is the end of the road.