[Info-vax] Micro Focus Merger with Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Software Business Segment

[johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk]

On Saturday, 1 October 2016 17:08:02 UTC+1, Neil Rieck  wrote:
> On Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 12:46:00 AM UTC-4, johnwa... at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> > On Thursday, 8 September 2016 01:40:04 UTC+1, Kerry Main  wrote:
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com] On
> > > > Behalf Of Neil Rieck via Info-vax
> > > > Sent: 07-Sep-16 6:02 PM
> > > > To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> > > > Cc: Neil Rieck <n.rieck at sympatico.ca>
> > > > Subject: [Info-vax] Micro Focus Merger with Hewlett
> > > > Packard Enterprise's Software Business Segment
> > > > 
> > > > This just hit my INBOX
> > > > 
> > > > Neil Rieck
> > > > Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
> > > > 
> > > > #####
> > > > 
> > > > Micro Focus Merger with Hewlett Packard Enterprise's
> > > > Software Business Segment
> > > > 
> > > > Today Micro Focus announced its intention to merge with
> > > > HPE Software and subject to the satisfaction of a number
> > > > of conditions including shareholder and regulatory
> > > > approvals, the merger is anticipated to complete in Q3
> > > > 2017.
> > > > 
> > > > The combination of Micro Focus and HPE Software will
> > > > deliver outstanding product capability to support today's
> > > > key IT and business initiatives in Mobile, Cloud, DevOps,
> > > > Internet of Things, Big Data and Analytics.
> > > > 
> > > > Both businesses understand that today's organizations
> > > > need to maximize the value of their IT infrastructure in
> > > > order to innovate with the lowest possible risk. The
> > > > combined company will offer our customers more
> > > > capability and choice as they seek to maximize the
> > > > business value of existing IT assets, leveraging their
> > > > business logic and data to innovate in new ways – what
> > > > we call bridging the old and the new.
> > > > 
> > > > HPE Software's software products are similar in nature and
> > > > complementary to our own, and following successful
> > > > completion will enable Micro Focus and its business
> > > > partners to offer significant additional customer value.
> > > > HPE Software's software solutions span across IT
> > > > Management, Enterprise Security, Information
> > > > Management & Governance and Big Data & Analytics. The
> > > > proposed Merger is entirely consistent with the Micro
> > > > Focus growth strategy, and brings additional depth and
> > > > breadth to the value we can offer on a global basis.
> > > > 
> > > > Also, at the same time, Micro Focus and HPE announced
> > > > their intent to enter into a commercial partnership naming
> > > > SUSE as HPE's preferred Linux partner as well as exploring
> > > > additional collaboration leveraging SUSE's OpenStack
> > > > expertise for joint innovation around HPE's Helion
> > > > Openstack and Stackato Platform-as-a-Service solutions.
> > > > 
> > > > This is an exciting and important development but I want
> > > > to assure you we will not be distracted from our goal of
> > > > delivering great products and the highest levels of service
> > > > in support of your business. Thank you for your
> > > > commitment to our products and our company. If you
> > > > have questions do not hesitate to contact your Micro
> > > > Focus account manager.
> > > > 
> > > > Yours sincerely,
> > > > 
> > > > Stephen Murdoch
> > > >  Chief Executive Officer, Micro Focus
> > > >
> > > 
> > > In addition to this HPE software BU "merger" announcement, Micro Focus has been quietly ramping up with the acquisition of many SW products/ organizations. In addition to Cobol, Micro Focus has a pretty large App Modernization development suite of products for z/OS (mainframes)
> > > 
> > > The following companies/products are now part of Micro Focus: (walk down memory lane)
> > > 
> > > - Attachmate which also previously acquired Novell which also owns SUSE Linux. 
> > > - ZENworks mgmt. and security products from Novell
> > > - Borland
> > > - NetIQ Suite of products including eDirectory - a multiplatform directory solution (remember NDS?) that many would argue is vastly superior to Microsoft Active Directory.
> > > - Platespin (VMware V-V and P-V tools that are used quite a bit in DC / Server Consolidations)
> > > - Reflection / Rumba+ / Extra! Suite of terminal emulation Products
> > > - Groupwise
> > > - Serena Software (App Lifecycle manager for DevOPS)
> > > 
> > > See the many products listed at:
> > > https://www.microfocus.com/products
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > Kerry Main
> > > Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com
> > 
> > Didn't MicroFocus also end up owning SUSE Linux via Novell
> > and Attachmate? Which presumably leads to this bit of the 
> > press announcement:
> > 
> > "Micro Focus and HPE announced their intent to enter into
> > a commercial partnership naming SUSE as HPE's preferred
> > Linux partner as well as exploring additional collaboration
> > leveraging SUSE's OpenStack expertise for joint innovation
> > around HPE's Helion Openstack and Stackato Platform-as-a-Service
> > solutions. "
> > 
> > Which is nice.
> 
> I just obtained a DVD version of SuSE-11-SP4 for my rx2660 and it has been the only version of Linux that just auto-installed with no problems.
> 
> Now getting back to the announcement you quoted, I wonder if HPE will actively support Linux the way other companies (like IBM) do.
> 
> Neil Rieck
> Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/docs/openvms_notes_linux.html

I still don't understand why SuSE gets so little media coverage. 

In the many years I've used it, and also occasionally tried
other trendier Linuxes (RH and friends obviously, Mandrake
as was, Ubuntu and friends, some embedded-focused ones less
well known), Suse just gets on with things (even if I can't
remember this week's corret cApItAlIzAtIon of the name).

Possibly mildly entertaining (note that uptime is still a thing
in some non-VMS circles):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYRlTISvjww