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● 04.15.08

●● Example of Novell’s Not-So-Rising Linux Business (Sales Cannibalisation)

Posted in Finance, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, NetWare, Novell at 8:57 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

The other day we mentioned — however briefly — that Novell can inflate sales figures using all sorts of artificial means. They deceive the viewer, but the bottom line remains unchanged.

=> inflate sales figures

Here is yet another good example of the thing we spoke about just days ago. We used OES as an example of ‘legacy revenue’ suddenly counting as “Linux revenue”. Have a look at this new article.

=> ↺ this new article

Netware is to be shown the door for OES2

[...]

OES1 was released in 2005 and ported some technology that ran on Novell’s Netware operating system to SUSE Linux.

In this case you see revenue cannibalisation, which isn’t precisely the same thing as massaging figures — something that even Novell has admitted doing.

=> Novell has admitted doing

Recipe for pseudo renaissance:

Rename Y, the existing product target, XClaim that growth strategy is XMove products from Y to X, then claim great growth of new strategy…Profit!

Now, if only that profit was real. Microsoft seems to enjoy this newly-found cash cow the most, for it has no spendings (development and staffing are Novell’s role). Microsoft has only imaginary intellectual monopolies that require not a single line of code. █

=> ↺ enjoy this newly-found cash cow the most | imaginary | intellectual monopolies

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