Novell brand to become British-owned

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London-listed Micro Focus to acquire Novell and SUSE owner Attachmate Group in £730m deal

British enterprise software vendor Micro Focus is set to gobble Novell parent Attachmate Group in a reverse takeover. London-listed Micro Focus announced yesterday it will issue 86.6 million sha...

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