____/ Mark Kent on Monday 12 November 2007 12:32 : \____
> 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.
>
> 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.
It will take longer. 1,100 people are bound to lose their job soon, according
to rumours.
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