__/ [ Jerry McBride ] on Thursday 04 January 2007 23:27 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Novell CTO Touts 'Mixed Source' Strategy, Takes Jab At Red Hat
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Jeff Jaffe, Novell's chief technology officer, writes that his company
>> | is not going to go down the Open Source-Only strategy path, as he says
>> | Red Hat has:
>> |
>> | [...]
>> |
>> | Companies like Red Hat start with Open Source and end with Open Source.
>> | That misses the market.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.crn.com/weblogs/thechart/blog.jhtml?id=196801063
>>
>> They are now combatting Linux instead of fighting for migrations from
>> Windows to Linux. That is precisely what Microsoft wants Novell to do.
>> Microsoft and Oracle (among others) are scared of Red Hat. From this
>> afternoon... some more incidents of Novell using FUD tactics against Open
>> Source Linux distributors:
>>
>> Novell Talks Red Hat, Still Sidles With Microsoft
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | ...it seems evident that Novell is after Red Hat's customers while it
>> | remains obedient to (READ: scared of) and ?plays nice? with Microsoft.
>> | It is a case of Linux fighting Linux, which is precisely what Microsoft
>> | sought to achieve when striking this deal, also paying a lump of money
>> | for easier persuasion.
>> `----
>>
>>
>
http://boycottnovell.com/2007/01/04/novell-talks-red-hat-still-sidles-with-microsoft/
>
> Perhaps Novell is slowly realizing how badly they f-ed up... Now they are
> busy trying to ruin it for everyother linux supporter...
>
> I wouldn't worry too much about novell/microsoft... their days are coming
> to an end.
Clearly. Those who have not left Novell might be awfully quiet. Heard of
Reverent Ted (Ted Haeger)? He's their sales/SLED person. He used to blog
very regularly. I was in good terms with him. He's been consicously quiet
recently. He only posted a quick statement arguing something which sounded
worrisome... can't recall what he was. I imagine that, deep inside, he's
very unhappy and he no longer feels like advocating for Novell. He knows
that Microsoft is going down, along with the future of the company he works
for...? Don't worry about Hovspeian. He's got his $4 million in stock
options recently, as well as a significant payrise.
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