01.07.08
Joseph LaSala Quits Novell!
One question remains: Why was Novell so quiet about it?
He appears to have just landed in a new job.
Most recently, LaSala served as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for Novell, where he served as a member of Novell’s executive leadership team and had responsibility for all legal matters affecting Novell on a worldwide basis, including corporate governance, intellectual property, contract management, licensing, anti-piracy, regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and litigation. LaSala joined Novell in 2001 when the company acquired Cambridge Technology Partners, where he served as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary since 2000.
With layoffs planned for this year, many Novell employees already plan their escape. █
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.
anonymous said,
January 8, 2008 at 10:16 am
Novell was “so” quiet about it because public corporations do not generally comment on personnel matters.
Roy Schestowitz said,
January 8, 2008 at 10:41 am
They sometimes do. This is a high-profile departure. Consider cases where the media talks about personnel matters that are too hard to ignore. A company is often better off responding to the media, as opposed to leaving the door open for misinterpretation (e.g. reasons for departure).