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____/ Jerry McBride on Monday 12 November 2007 22:31 : \____
> Mark Kent wrote:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Novell Closes Five EMEA Offices
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Novell is closing down its direct sales offices in Israel, Belgium,
>>>| Luxembourg, Norway and Turkey
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://linux.sys-con.com/read/458976.htm
>>>
>>
>> They are about to go out of business. Their figures for year before
>> last compared to last year show something like an 85% reduction in net
>> margin - they *only just* made a profit last year.
>>
>
> Hmmm... People are smarter than I thought. "The" must have realized just how
> bad of an idea it really is to have a linux distribution closely tied to
> microsoft. Excellent.
>
>> This year, they're being held up by gifts from Microsoft, including from
>> the vouchering scheme, and more recently a "settlement" of about $500
>> million for Microsoft's attacks on Netware. The odd thing is that if
>> Novell had taken it to court, they could well have got themselves
>> several billions, but decided not to do so.
>>
>> I'm not sure that Novell will be in business in two years time.
>>
>
> They'll be around just as long as microsoft wants them to be. Like a junky,
> they are hooked on microsoft money now...
According to some analysts, Novell is too Microsoft dependent (financially
also).
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