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To: N3WBI3

I see Novell is still diligently re-arranging the deck chairs.


3 posted on 10/15/2006 2:08:26 PM PDT by Space Wrangler
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To: Space Wrangler
Just out of curiosity, not because I disagree with your assessment, what would you do if you were novell?
5 posted on 10/15/2006 9:05:59 PM PDT by N3WBI3 ("I can kill you with my brain" - River Tam)
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To: Space Wrangler
"I see Novell is still diligently re-arranging the deck chairs."

Yup, me too. Responding to another poster, what they should have done was take SuSe, sell SuSe as a consumer linux, but then use the codebase to build a business-grade version, and renamed it Netware. That name still has value. Had they done that, they'd probably keep their existing NW customers (which is where all the money comes from), and put themselves in position to compete for new ones. "Here's your new Netware upgrade, now with the power and flexibility of Linux".

Instead, they're sticking with the SuSe name and that dumb lizard. Novell won't exist in 10 years. They'll have gone bankrupt, and whatever assetts they have auctioned off to creditors.
6 posted on 10/15/2006 10:30:24 PM PDT by DesScorp
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