VMware is amid a count of companies in talks to buy Novell, according to issued reports. Novell is reportedly appearing to divide up the company and sell it in distinguish pieces. It is now in advanced talks with at least two buyers, including VMware, the according to report yesterday. VMware seems to be entirely concerned in gaining Novell's SUSE Linux operating system and associated business. Novell's NetWare initiative file sharing application might be purchased by Attachmate corporation, a software firm specializing in supporting legacy applications, the Journal stated.

The according to the report that up to 20 companies were interested in Novell, which set itself on the market in March, but that there are only a fistful are serious contenders. Rumors have been fleeing throughout this week about the possible sale following an post in a personal blog stated advanced acquisition talks were taking place among Novell and two unnamed companies. gaining SUSE Linux would make sense for VMware, which has been actively gaining companies to build a great deal of software for running cloud services. Novell has partnered with VMware, making SUSE Linux the opted OS for VMware-packaged virtual appliances. leverageNovell has been working on cloud services off its Linux base. Also, Red Hat has taken on VMware for the emergent cloud computing market, leveraging its own Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution.