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In article <1992Dec22.082727.26990@freenet.carleton.ca> aa393@Freenet.carleton.ca (Ramesh Fernando) writes:
>     I wrote Doug  DeJulio about this, I just wonder how organizations
>who are boycotting USL over there suit vs UC Berkeley are going
>to do against Novell the new parent company.

It remains to be seen if Novell will keep that suit... I think there
is a real chance that they will drop it.  It's a braindamaged suit to
begin with (probably unwinable), and Novell has more to gain by making
friends out of the Unix industry as a whole.

>     The other interesting thing is if Apple merges with Novell/USL
>we will have 2 companies merging with Novell being in the middle, who
>prefer legal action over product development and who probably have 
>bigger legal departments for there look and feel beliefs instead of
>investing in R&D

What's with this persistence of the Novell/Apple merger rumor?  It was
a rumor, nothing more.  Novell's (intended) purchase of USL shows
where Novell is trying to go, and it isn't "the Macintosh Way."  Look
instead for a merger with Borland or Quarterdeck in the next year or so.

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