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It’s unclear how profitable Novell as a tech company, but Novell is quite important to certain people who have interested in Linux (Operating Systems).  openSuse is a Linux operating system that Novell has developed over the years and released for everyone to use for free of charge (open source).  The future of openSuse is unclear as Yahoo has released a news article on a private equity firm known as Elliott Associates which has offered to buy up Novell; the change of the management party could lead to the changes of the objectives and goals of the company.  An author here claims that Novell’s involvement with Linux has only brought in 20% revenue for the company, and the possibility for a major shakeup in Novell’s Linux department could be high.  The author fears that Novell could very well end up just like many other business ventures that Elliott Associates had involved with.  Elliott Associates in the pasts had acted similarly to vulture fund which breaks distressed company apart for sales to make greater profits.