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HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org Joined: 2025-04-04

birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone Joined: 2025-08-19

For those that don't know, SUSE is behind the OpenSUSE Linux distribution afaik. This would have large implications.

FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world Joined: 2023-06-27

A Reuters article on this too https://www.reuters.com/business/eqt-eyes-potential-6-billion-sale-linux-pioneer-suse-sources-say-2026-03-09/

kubica@fedia.io Joined: 2024-07-02

The wrinkle for SUSE is that a sale to US owners would complicate its narrative considerably: American corporations can be compelled under the US CLOUD Act to hand over customer data held on servers located anywhere in the world.

I would call that more than "complicate"...

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