<story><title>Suse is once again an independent company</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/15/suse-is-once-again-an-independent-company/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gpresot</author><text>Being owned by a Private Equity fund can really not be described as being &amp;quot;independent&amp;quot;. Such funds have a typical investment horizon of 5-7 years, with potential exits being an IPO, a strategic sale (to a bigger company) or a sale to another PE fund, with the strategic sale probably more typical. In the mean time the fund will impose strict growth targets and strong cost cuts.</text></comment>
<story><title>Suse is once again an independent company</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/15/suse-is-once-again-an-independent-company/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mythz</author><text>I can&amp;#x27;t be the only one surprised with the $2.5 billion acquisition?&lt;p&gt;Suse basically fell off my radar a decade ago, I thought the next announcement I was going to hear about them was going bankrupt and being sold off for parts. Guess they&amp;#x27;ve been super quiet achievers and have managed to accrue an Annual Revenue of 300M that I&amp;#x27;ve somehow missed behind the release&amp;#x2F;announcements of flashier distros, but here we are with news of a 2.5B acquisition - congratz to the team.</text></comment>