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Despite the fact some on the forum **cough*** ORT ***cough*** slammed Novel for buying suse it seems they have aquitted themselves quite nicely.

“LOL, Red Hat and Novell are both dropping like a rock on the stock market if you haven’t noticed, been going on for months check it yourself. Red Hat down another 4% today already, the stock was $30 last summer and is now down to $10, with no end in sight.” — Absolutely giddy about two american companies with falling stock (01/21/2005)

“That’s because Novell is losing more money every quarter on their Linux adventure.” — (06/19/2005)

Showing once again that anonymous claims of financial expertise based on a few lines from yahoo are not, in the end, a substitute for reality.

I don't make any bones about the fact that I've been critical about Novell. That, however, is due to their history.

Novell has been one of those companies that has never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

They OWNED client-server networking and sat idly by while Microsoft engaged in a price war with them and won.

They bought Unix System Labs...and did nothing with it.

They bought Digital Research...and did nothing with it.

They bought WordPerfect...and did nothing with it.

They bought Borland's Quattro Pro...and did nothing with it.

They bought Ximian...and did nothing with it.

So when they bought SuSE, I fully expected the 2nd largest commercial Linux to fade away. So far they haven't, but time will tell.

And they've entered into a partnership with Microsoft, ignoring history again. Few companies that have "partnered" with Microsoft have emerged intact.

This announcement to assist with Linux drivers is very welcome. I just hope that once Microsoft turns on them (and they always turn on their "partners") that this little adventure into Linux kernel space doesn't turn into a Microsoft excuse to send their flying monkeys after Linux companies...Something like a SCO writ large.

All due to the support of the supposedly evil Microsoft, according even to Novell:

Novell credits Microsoft for soaring Linux sales

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6210692.html

But thanks for the laughs...