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Novell boss in semi-apology over Microsoft pact
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| Speaking at the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), Hovsepian said he
| could have done a "better job" of communicating about the deal and suggested
| he got caught up in thinking about customers, instead of the perception and
| possible fallout from dealing with Microsoft.
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| "I know the deal we did with Microsoft caused a lot of noise and flack in the
| market," Hovsepian told OSBC on Tuesday. "And I wish I'd done a better job of
| communicating that. But the thing that caught in my head was the customer.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/24/hovsepian_novell/
Novell Bullish On Linux In Economic Downturn
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| "I believe open source will be the largest beneficiary of the downturn. This
| will be driven by the customer," said Hovsepian, in an opening keynote for
| the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. He cited a
| survey conducted for Novell by IDC that found 72% of respondents either
| evaluating or planning an increase in their use of Linux; 49% said Linux will
| be their number one operating system for new server deployments in the next
| five years.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/linux/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216300143
"LH [Longhorn] is a pig and I don't see any solution to this problem. If we are
to rise to the challenge of Linux..."
--Jim Allchin, Microsoft
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