__/ [ flyer ] on Monday 05 March 2007 06:51 \__
> On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:11:19 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>__/ [ flyer ] on Sunday 04 March 2007 23:57 \__
>>
>>> On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 22:50:26 +0000, Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>> Novell expects $35 mln to $45 mln charge for cuts
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>| Business software maker Novell Inc. said on Wednesday it expects
>>>>>| charges of $35 million to $45 million for job cuts and facility
>>>>>| closures that began in last year's fourth quarter.
>>>>>|
>>>>>| [...]
>>>>>|
>>>>>| Novell has already taken some $150 million in restructuring charges
>>>>>| over the past five years, but Chief Executive Ron Hovsepian has
>>>>>| said restructuring efforts have failed to realize their full
>>>>>| potential in boosting profitability.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20070228:MTFH27345_2007-02-28_22-44-53_N28256160&type=comktNews&rpc=4
>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/3anqy9
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Now we get closer to the bottom of the story regarding why Novell
>>>>accepted the payment from Microsoft, and why they agreed to help
>>>>Microsoft with the anti-free software fud campaign.
>>>
>>> Hooking up with a psychotic criminal organization like MS would kill
>>> anyone or anything.
>>
>>Because of John Bailo I was trying to present the positive spin. The truth
>>of the matter (if you look at non-PR items) is that Novell is succumbing to
>>its -- dare I say -- death. As one article put it, Novell's is on
>>Microsoft's life support machine.
>>
>>While Novell has proven to be the next IBM, within a few years it will be
>>more akin to Marconi, which never found safe haven in latenative markets,
>>unlike IBM. Maybe Novell will be pleased to know that it grabbed a few of
>>its rivals into the same puddle of mud in the process, while giving its
>>former rival (and present partner) a few more months of survival (in
>>court). At present, with the most recent financial figures, Novell ought to
>>suck up to Microsoft, which is ironic. Microsoft will sooner or later take
>>the euthanasia route... you know... to 'help' the aging Novell, which can
>>no longer make rational decisions on its own.
>
>
> Man, that last sentence is spooky. Gave me chills.
>
> Their future survival lay in embracing the freedom and international
> cooperation of Linux, but look who they chose to absorbed with. Talk
> about borgian assimilation. Jezuz.
>
> MS is this great dark evil shadowy zone where good people disappear
> and good works become twisted beyond recognition. All in the name of a
> rising black line on a graph, and in the name of dark control over
> individuals.
>
> Make a great dark drama of a movie.
Makes a good novel, but a very bad Novell.
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