12.03.07
This Wednesday: Novell’s Financial Disclosures, BoycottNovell’s Voice on Linux.com
Novell will release financial results on Wednesday. In the previous quarter, Novell’s results were not impressive if you looked closely enough. Especially underwhelming is the fact that, despite allegedly cooking the books, it is a company which actually reveals to its investors that is loses money, not earning any. It operates at a loss and its financial problems have carried on for a long time.
”It operates at a loss and its financial problems have carried on for a long time.“There is another important thing happening this Wednesday. For those who are interested, I’ll be doing a podcast with Jeff Waugh and Bruce Byfield (Roblimo as moderator). They are reaching out for questions from readers at the moment.
There are a couple more noteworthy items. As amusement for the day consider this new cartoon which portrays Steve Ballmer as the next Darl McBride. If you want to read my new article on interoperability, you can find it in Datamation. █
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. 
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. 
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. 
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. 
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. 
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy.