News Sun to acquire Novell? What a tantalizing idea By - August 5, 2004 10 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsAppLinkedinReddItEmail Sun to buy Novell? It’s a tantalizing idea. I can just see the headlines: “Fading Workstation Vendor Sun Microsystems Takes Over Fading Networking (now rising Linux) Vendor Novell.” Link: IT Manager's Journal