Time is ripe for Microsoft to buy Novell
This week was a historic one for Microsoft with the firm reporting its biggest drop in both quarterly profits and revenue in its 23-year history as a public entity.
Microsoft's third quarter, which ended on March 31, brought in $US13.65 billion as revenue, a drop of six percent from the corresponding period in 2008. The company's net profits fell to $US2.98 billion, down from $US4.39 billion in the third quarter of 2008.
The year does not appear to be smiling on the Redmond outfit - it also had to sack 5000 employees in January, the first huge layoffs in its history.
Hence it is appropriate for Microsoft to look for other sources of income at a time when the world economy is in deep trouble.
Given the way that Red Hat Linux is bucking the trend and improving profits, one needs to ask: why has the idea of buying Novell not occurred to Microsoft? This seems about the best time to make a bid.
For one thing, Novell would be at a bargain basement price right now, given its last set of results.
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