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● 04.16.08

●● Novell: Putting the Defeatism in GNU/Linux Since 2006

Posted in FUD, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Novell, Ron Hovsepian, Steve Ballmer at 8:56 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Novell inherits a Microsoft classic (“Linux not for the desktop” FUD)

Having surrendered to requests (or demands) from Steve Ballmer and having become his ‘patent buddy’, Ron Hovsepian reveals just how apathetic he is when it comes to desktop Linux. Have a look at this new article from InfoWorld

=> ↺ new article from InfoWorld

Novell’s Suse Linux at the desktop is unlikely to be popular with consumers in the next three to five years, according to Novell President and CEO Ronald Hovsepian.

With ‘optimistic’ and ‘enthusiastic’ CEOs like these, no wonder Novell's business is doing so poorly. However, Novell’s remark are also damaging to the business of other Linux vendors. On whose behalf does Novell speak here? It starts to become truly embarrassing. █

=> Novell's business is doing so poorly | become truly embarrassing

“Novell pays us some money for the right to tell customers that anybody who uses SuSE Linux is appropriately covered.”

–Steve Ballmer

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