Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 02:04:49 -0800 (PST) From: opentrax@email.com To: tlambert@primenet.com Cc: howardjp@well.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did NetBSD and FreeBSD diverge? Message-ID: <200101181004.CAA01076@spammie.svbug.com> In-Reply-To: <200101180946.CAA02733@usr08.primenet.com>
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On 18 Jan, Terry Lambert wrote: >> >> AT&T sold Unix to Novell for $1 Billion dollars in the middle >> >> of this and in reallity it was Novell that settled. BTW, this >> >> $1B almost bankrupted(sp?) Novell. >> > >> > Novell bought USL for $80M, which is only 8% of the figure >> > you quote. This is the same price they charged Sun to get >> > out of royalty payments, and the later sale of USL to SCO was >> > nothing but gravy for them: very good ROI, in fact. >> >> The figure I'm quoting was one I was given. >> If it is incorrect, then I need to get the correcting >> reference. Both John and I are working on a History of BSD. >> As such, the correct nature of facts becomes us. >> >> If you can please Terry, and reference information, rather >> that word of mouth, would assist us greatly. > > I got "uncooked" numbers, as a senior employee with stock, so > it's not exactly "word of mouth". 8-). > > Not only that, Novell almost made 100% ROI in one year. > > >> > The $1B purchase made at around the same time was the purchase >> > of Word Perfect. Along with AppWare (another company started >> Terry, I've forwarded this information to John as a >> possible error in our notes. > > See: > >...[Trimmed]... > Thanks, Terry. I've forward the information to John. Concrete information will help us paint the picture correctly. :-) Jessem. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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