05.08.08
Quick Mention: Advanced Investment Partners LLC Dumps Novell
This one does not inspire much confidence, does it?
Advanced Investment Partners Llc completely dumped all -21,690 shares they owned of Novell Inc (NOVL) as shown by filings made public on 2008-05-07.
For what it’s worth, Microsoft is not doing too well, either. Although the stock (MSFT) seems stable, tens of billions of Microsoft’s cash reserves have been quietly injected into it, leaving Microsoft with just about $26 billion the bank and a market cap that fell by another $30 billion in just 3 months. More information about Microsoft financial health is here. █
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.