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.

The value still inherent in Novell was, to some extent, reaffirmed Monday by a definitive merger agreement in which Attachmate is expected to purchase Novell for $2.2 billion — via redwolf.newsvine.com