03.12.08
Quick Mention: Novell Loses Its CIO
Only days after Martin Buckley’s departure, the Novell CIO, Debra Anderson, leaves the company also, unless there is something that we missed (other than confirmation from Novell itself).
Before joining UST Global, Anderson was CIO of Novell, an infrastructure software and services company. In this role she spearheaded Novell’s internal adoption of open source software from the desktop to the data center and managed the deployment of global strategic business information systems and IT services.
There have been many other departures recently, not only at the top level, but also at the bottom level (at much larger scales). █
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,
March 12, 2008 at 3:33 pm
old, old, old, old news.
http://www.novell.com/company/bios/jalmandoz.html