03.20.07
Roundup: NASDAQ Warning, Novell Training, GPLv3 Roadmap, and Anti-Linux Efforts
Novell continues to play with the NASDAQ’s patience as it collects another non-compliance notice. Meanwhile, the flood of press releases from Novell shows no signs of abatement, so they clearly invest a lot of money in getting the word out. It is not just the announcement of new products. It’s a lot of ‘fluff’, based on what I see in the feeds.
In other news, Novell still tries to lure in Red Hat administrators and the GPLv3 suffers obnoxious delays. The next draft, which is just around the corner, intends to isolate Novell successfully.
Lastly, here is some food for thought. As people begin talking about Microsoft latest anti-Linux campaign, Novell gets a mention as well. Here is one such example:
Microsoft is blatantly anti-Linux
A few years ago, they launched the Microsoft Get the facts campaign, where they often make outrageous and unfounded claims, backed by so-called proof that is clearly unfounded. Now, they’ve taken it one step further with the Linux Personas website, a site where they profile customers who are currently using GNU/Linux and other Unix or Open Source environments, and how to get them to buy Microsoft products replacing the non-Microsoft products. And check what it says on the front page of that site… “Winning against Linux the smart way”. Against Linux. Microsoft is against Linux.
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And the plot thickens… previously I blogged about the Digital Freedom Expo, well, today I read Novell is canceling their stand at the expo. The reason? Budget constraints. Budget constraints? When you’ve just been paid millions and millions of US dollars by Microsoft? And you don’t have a few thousand dollars budget for what’s going to be the biggest Open Source event in Africa this year? Wow Novell, is that really what you mean by being committed to Open Source?
Riaan said,
March 21, 2007 at 6:34 am
What makes the “SUSE to Red Hat” course announement on http://www.tectonic.co.za even more strange is that the Novell training partner, Smartsource (www.smart-source.net), is also a Red Hat training partner.
pico said,
March 21, 2007 at 10:25 am
What makes this whole site strange, is that you are doing the FUD that MS should be doing about Linux… get a paranoia check