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  • SUSE to be acquired by EQT Partners {Ed: Well, one might argue that SUSE got bought 4 times, e.g. if counting Microsoft taking Novell by the crotch, directing SUSE to serve Microsoft, then taking the patents through CPTN]

    This morning we all learned the news that the openSUSE projects main
    sponsor, SUSE, currently owned by MicroFocus, intends to be acquired
    by EQT Partners in Sweden.

    https://www.suse.com/c/news/suse-partners-with-growth-investor-eqt-to-continue-momentum-strategy-execution-and-product-expansion/

    Nils Brauckmann (CEO of SUSE) personally called me this morning to
    assure me this news will have no negative impacts on openSUSE.

    This will be the third acquisition of SUSE since the creation of
    openSUSE, the second under the leadership of Nils and his team.
    Just as happened in that case, SUSE will be making no changes in its
    relationship between the company and the openSUSE Project.

    SUSE remains committed to supporting the openSUSE community, who play
    a key role in helping SUSEs success, which is expected to continue
    under their new partnership with EQT.

    If anyone has any questions, concerns, or feedback, please feel free
    to discuss them on this list or email me directly.

    Many thanks, and have a lot of fun!

  • ​SUSE acquired from Micro Focus by EQT
  • SUSE Linux Sold in $2.5 Billion Deal

    SUSE from current owners Micro Focus in a deal worth $2.5 billion USD and is expected to close in early 2019.

    EQT is described as “a development-focused investor with extensive experience in the software industry”.

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Still in the news

  • Open source vendor SUSE pledges autonomy in SA

    Enterprise open source software company SUSE is looking to become fully independent in SA after British-based Micro Focus yesterday agreed to sell the software company to Swedish-based EQT Partners for $2.535 billion.

    The completion of EQT's acquisition of SUSE from Micro Focus is subject to Micro Focus shareholder and customary regulatory approvals and is expected to occur in early 2019.

    Responding to ITWeb via e-mail, Thomas Di Giacomo, CTO at SUSE, said: "By partnering with EQT, we will become a fully-independent business."

  • SUSE Linux Is Selling Itself (Again) For $2.5 Billion

    The ownership SUSE is getting transferred from UK-based Micro Focus International to Sweden’s investment firm EQT VIII. The deal, which is yet to be completed, has been finalized for $2.535 billion.

    Many of us know SUSE as the power behind the open source Linux distribution openSUSE. But the 25-year-old company’s operations are largely inclined towards the enterprise sector from where it can make money. Apart from the operating systems, the company has also spread its legs into the cloud sector.

  • SUSE Linux to Be Acquired by Swedish Company EQT Partners for $2.5 Billion

    SUSE, theLinux business once own by Novell and currently owned by MicroFocus, is going to be acquired by a Swedish firm called EQT Partners for the sum of $2.5 billion US dollars.

    After Novell and MicroFocus, this is SUSE’s third acquisition and it looks to have a good impact on the Linux company, which will become an independent business once it’s acquired by EQT Partners, a development-focused investor that appears to have a vast experience in the software industry.

Latest SUSE Coverage

  • Micro Focus sells Suse to EQT for $2.5 Billiion

    UK-based Micro Focus acquired Suse from The Attachmate Group back in 2014, but now the ownership of Suse is being transferred from Micro Focus International to Sweden’s investment firm EQT VIII. The deal, which is yet to be completed, has been finalized for $2.535 billion.

    [...]

    The acquisition is expected to complete by early 2019 with Nils Brauckmann continuing his job of the CEO. In the announcements, the SUSE team has assured that latest development will not let them deviate from their commitment for building open source software. They are viewing the buyout as a positive thing for the development of their open source products.

  • SUSE Linux sold in $2.5 billion deal
  • Micro Focus to sell SUSE Linux

    The SUSE division – which at its core is a business-to-business operating system service company – is being snapped up by Swedish private equity firm EQT just four years after being acquired by Micro Focus as part of its £1.8billion takeover of the Attachmate Group which accounted for a fifth of Attachment's revenues at the time of purchase.

  • SUSE Is Sold To EQT For $2.5 Billion

    SUSE, the company behind the popular Linux distribution, OpenSUSE is going to be acquired for by EQT from Micro Focus for $2.535 billion.

  • SUSE Linux Distro Picked Up By Swiss Equity Group for $2.53 Billion

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