Novell for Sale? Wall Street Journal says so...

This hit the NCCI channel yesterday.  Apparently Novell is getting ready to accept bids to buy up the company.  What?!?  Our beloved Novell is for sale?  Why not just go with the flow and sanctify the old rumor mill by having IBM buy up Novell?

Anyway, to quote the Wall Street Journal:

Novell Inc., which has put itself on the block, plans to accept bids from potential acquirers this week, people familiar with the matter say, kicking off a process that will likely result in a sale of the software company.

While this week is the deadline for interested parties to submit bids, the auction is expected to take longer. A group of finalists will likely be picked from this round of bidders, with final offers due later, the people familiar with the matter said.

Novell spokesman Ian Bruce declined to comment. 

So what is Novell hiding?  They should comment one way or the other.  My boss is already "concerned" about Novell's "viability" (may be a weak attempt to see if I'll cut and run) and is looking at the possibility of moving to all MS - without knowing/realizing the full costs involved in doing so.  While MS on the resume makes for more job ops, I still prefer stuff that works right - and no IT company seems to be able to provide that any more.

In the meantime, GroupWise 8.01 HP1 continues to surprise me with odd issues due to bad code.  Odd memory errors, and really strange things like when clicking on the "Discussion Thread" tab while in a message pops up messages from more than a year that aren't related in any way.