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____/ Mark Kent on Sunday 07 Feb 2010 09:41 : \____
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>> ____/ Mark Kent on Friday 05 Feb 2010 16:57 : \____
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>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>>>> ____/ Terry Porter on Friday 05 Feb 2010 11:38 : \____
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>>>>> On Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:56:10 +0100, Peter KÃhlmann wrote:
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>>>>>> http://www.sdtimes.com/link/34094
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>>>>>
>>>>> Nice to see Microsoft has finally found a growth area after all these
>>>>> years of negative Windows growth.
>>>>
>>>> This market too will fail for them. No patent deal for over 2 years
>>>> (TurboLinux) and these patent coupons run out.
>>>
>>> It's a disaster, look at this, after 2 years of running the "licence"
>>> programme:
>>>
>>> "A total of 475 customers have used an unspecified number of coupons,
>>> according to Microsoft. "
>>>
>>>
>>> I think that there are 475 very red faces out there, but it gets worse,
>>> this from Novell's own page:
>>>
>>> "Customers who have already taken advantage of this opportunity to
>>> seamlessly run both Windows Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
>>> include Wal-Mart Stores Inc., HSBC Holdings, Renault, Southwest Airlines
>>> Co., BMW and many other leading companies around the world."
>>>
>>> So, of those 475, only 5 of them are global blue-chips. So, we have 470
>>> also-rans, and 5 blue chips. oops.
>>>
>>> http://www.novell.com/news/press/microsoft-and-novell-expand-successful-interoperability-
>> relationship/
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>> I have watched this most closely and Novell has not had a major SUSE customer
>> for over a year, I think. There was one mid-sized I can remember, but all in
>> all, the deals with the likes of Wal-Mart (Microsoft executive connections)
>> ended around 2007.
>>
>> Novell got duped, but it had debt and it desperately needed money. There is
>> currently a management exodus at Novell.
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>
> Novell made an enormous mistake here, oddly, they were incredibly placed
> to build a solid, long-term sustainable linux-based business, and they
> gave that opportunity up for a few quid now.
Novell's CEO did this audio interview some days ago:
http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/2010/02/cbr-podcast-novell-ceo-on-his-bold-new-strategy.html
He still doesn't regret the deal.
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