Novell layoffs rumored to be in the works
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| Word on the street is that Novell will be laying off 50-60% of its Workgroup
| division this month, likely toward the middle. This is not surprising given
| that division's lackluster results, but the rumor mill suggests that
| Workgroup isn't the only business unit that will be affected.
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9792124-16.html
Days ago (now confirmed):
Bungie, Microsoft part company
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| According to the email Microsoft was interfering with various aspects of
| Bungie’s business. It claims Voles were fiddling in everything Bungie did,
| from marketing to public relations. According to the email, Microsoft was
| also “stingy” with profits.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/02/bungie-microsoft-part-company
Related:
Cisco CEO Says Microsoft Screws Its Partners Everytime...Just Like Apple.
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| If partnering with Microsoft is not a win-win then it must be a win-lose…in
| Microsoft’s favor of course.
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http://www.ceosmack.com/2007/07/25/cisco-ceo-says-microsoft-screws-its-partners-everytimejust-like-apple/
Cringely the Unemployable on the fallacy of Web 2.0, Microsoft ruthlessness,
and the CB radio of our decade
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| Davidson: Which software company would you hate to compete against? What
| makes you single them out?
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| Cringely: Microsoft of course. They have the deepest of pockets, unlimited
| ambition, and they are willing to lose money for years and years just to make
| sure that you don't make any money, either. And they are mean, REALLY mean.
|
| Davidson: Why do you think Microsoft is mean? Are you implying some kind of
| malicious intent rather than just ruthlessness?
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| Cringely: Maybe "mean" is the wrong word to use for Microsoft. "Ruthless" is
| good. The company is built in the image of Bill Gates and Bill is a guy who
| gets caught-up in the game of business and doesn't typically see its personal
| cost. To use what might seem to be an obscure example, just look at all the
| various partnerships and industry consortia that Microsoft has announced
| through the years that never produced a product or even a usable
| specification. There have been literally dozens of these operations that are
| intended solely to freeze the competition until Microsoft can figure what the
| heck it actually wants to do. To Microsoft its a PR exercise that helps them
| compete but to customers it is just a damned lie. That's ruthless. There are
| plenty of other examples I can give but you get the point. I represent the
| concerns of users, not vendors, and Microsoft doesn't really care about
| users.
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http://blog.businessofsoftware.org/2007/07/cringely-the-un.html
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