Q&A: Novell CEO gives behind-the-scenes account of deal with Microsoft
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Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian said he was "disappointed" by recent comments from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer about the collaboration deal announced earlier this month between the two companies.
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Novell will provide more details of its patent deal with Microsoft, although the full story wouldn't be revealed as the company plans to redact some of the more sensitive details.
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Was the Novell/Microsoft deal a worthwhile well-meaning effort between renegade open-source geeks at Microsoft and geeks at Novell that got derailed by salespeople and management, after which it was turned into a nightmare deal with the devil?  I raise this question because I know someone with ties to people at both Microsoft and Novell.  He has a credible story to tell about what really happened, and how much it differs from what we now know about the Novell/Microsoft deal.  Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get him to write up the history - yet.  While I continue to pester him, here's the short version, third hand.
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Earlier this week, Novell boss Jack Messman lambasted Microsoft for being a $60bn drain on the IT industry. His assertion is that Bill Gates et al have set back the evolution of the whole industry by gobbling
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SafeTinspector writes &quot;ComputerWorld has a story regarding the sudden departure of Chris Stone, a respected open source advocate and the man often sited as the architect behind Novell&#39;s acquisistion of Ximian and SUSE as well as the recent open source
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(InfoWorld) - Novell has appointed a new president for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), the company said Thursday. Volker Smid, who has been Novell's central European general manager since May 2005, will supervise Novell's sales and consulting business for EMEA. Smid replaces Tom Francese, who took over as Novell's executive vice president for worldwide sales in October. Novell, which bought Suse Linux in 2004, is trying to catch up with market-leading Linux vendor Red HatÂ by trying to move its NetWare OS customers to its Suse Linux distribution. Novell forged aÂ controversial deal with MicrosoftÂ last month that includes making Windows and Suse Linux more compatible and indemnifying Suse Linux users and some developers from potential patent lawsuits from Microsoft. Novell's revenue has continued to fall amid efforts to retool its business, although the company has returned to profitability. The company reported net income of $25 million for the quarter ending Oct. 31, up from a loss of $6 million from the same period a year earlier. Revenue, however, fell to $245 million from $288 million a year before.
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Linux and identity management will be Novell&#39;s biggest strengths, according to its chief executive Jack Messman. Messman told delegates at this year&#39;s Novell Brainshare Europe event in Barcelona
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SEATTLE -- Microsoft on Monday took another big step toward putting most of its legal challenges in the rearview mirror. The world&#39;s largest software maker said it will pay rival software maker Novell a $536
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The Linux vendor partners with Microsoft in one respect and takes it head-on in another. This time, the results are mixed as Novell suffers a small quarterly loss.
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Opinion: In last week&#39;s episode, Microsoft sent $546 million Novell&#39;s way; this week, Microsoft launches a campaign to win over Novell customers.
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November 10, 2004 - On Monday, Novell and Microsoft announced that the Redmond giant has agreed to pay $536 million in cold, hard cash to settle an antitrust dispute regarding Novell&#39;s Netware.
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Novell Inc. (NOVL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it had reached a settlement with software maker Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.
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Ballmer in a china shop Statements yesterday from Novell and Microsoft sought to clarify and repair relations between the new friends, damaged by Steve Ballmer's comments last week.â¦
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Microsoft has agreed to pay Novell $536 million in cash in order to settle a longstanding antitrust dispute regarding the company's NetWare operating system. The two companies, however, could not reach a resolution regarding Microsoft's alleged predatory tactics against WordPerfect. Meanwhile, Microsoft has made nice with the CCIA to avoid further antitrust complaints and give Redmond more lobbying power.
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Microsoft has paid $536 million to rival Novell as part of its ongoing programme to settle legal disputes that have formed the cornerstone of European regulators&#39; action against the software giant.
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sl0wp0is0n writes &quot;Computerworld has published an interview with Microsoft&#39;s chief Linux strategist, Martin Taylor. It&#39;s interesting to find out that Microsoft thinks and predicts Novell (SuSE) will be the
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THEREâS open source software (OSS), thereâs what Novell Inc chief technology officer Alan Nugent calls âclosed sourceâ - meaning proprietary â-oftware, and then thereâs Novellâs own âmixed-sourceâ software.