Novell's Linux business spikes since Microsoft deal

PC World ^ | Linda Rosencrance (Computerworld)

[Golden Eagle]

Getting personal already LOL. Top line increase of only 6% with a significant negative trend line, and still no suggestions from you on how to reverse it. What can they do, they’ve already started charging for everything they used to give away for free, and dropped support for older products, what’s left? They keep talking about some new version, but they just announced it was delayed. Again. Was that the third, or fourth time now?

[N3WBI3]

Getting personal already LOL

Not an insult and not personal, sorry if you took it as such. My point is that to look at one aspect of a financial report and say *uh ohhhh*, especially when 7% sales growth over quarter is pretty dang good is just pointless. Its just looking for bad news in what analyst consider to be a very good report.

Remember when Redhats stock fell from 22 to 18 over the course of a few weeks and you very frequently posted it as proof positive red hat was failing? Well now you're telling me its not the stock price its the *quarter* over sales. If there next report shows higher over quarter sales but lower operating cash flow will *that* be the sign you have been waiting for?

You have been wishing ill on Red Hat for a very long time and your analysis of this report seems colored by that. Maybe thats why every other expert is saying this is a great report.

"What can they do, they’ve already started charging for everything they used to give away for free,"

I dont get this comment, Redhat ceased releasing their free distro near the end of 2003 here is what their stock has done

They are a far healthier company now than they were 4 years ago and htis is true across many measurements.

[Golden Eagle]

I’ve simply shown on a thread about Novell’s increasing sales figures that Red Hat has decreased from previous levels, which would hardly be a surprise but something you seem to be upset with. Will Novell continue to grow and Red Hat continue to drop off? Who knows but those are the current trend lines, and Red Hat faces several other competitors who make free copies of their products for resell as well. I’ve asked you several times what can they do to regain some positive momentum but all you continue to do is talk about the past, maybe that’s all they can do but that’s not going to win them any new customers.

[N3WBI3]

I’ve simply shown on a thread about Novell’s increasing sales figures that Red Hat has decreased from previous levels

Redhats levels have not decreased... The rate of *increase* is less than the previous quarter.

Redhats year over profit is huge, and if quarter over was more important than year over their would, for red hat, be reason to worry. But not long ago you were laughing at Novell when they purchased Suse Linux I take the competition as a good thing.