<A target="_blank" href="http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/comment/why-microsoft-cant-afford-to-let-novell-die-5681">Novell, maker of networking software and owner of SUSe Linux, is on the block</A>. Elliott Associates, a hedge fund, has made an offer to buy Novell and probably sell it off in pieces and it's unlikely a tech company will step forward to buy Novell.