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● 11.18.08

●● Novell Removed from List of National Free Software Conference Sponsors?

Posted in Action, Asia, Boycott Novell, Microsoft, Novell, Videos at 7:18 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

ON A COUPLE of occasions earlier this week, the protest against Novell in India got highlighted [1, 2]. As one blogger pointed out, the conference will be remembered for quite some time (internationally even) because of this incident, which is likely to deter prospective Novell customers. It’s actually interesting that yesterday alone this Web site gauged about 600,000 hits, which is a lot more than usual. We’re actually surprised that the server managed to stay up and serve pages.

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We were not able to confirm this, but one reader told us that the action was a success in the sense that Novell won’t participate in this “Free software” conference. Videos are beginning to appear as well, so here’s a couple.

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This action was also covered in several big sites and the father of the Free software movement commended the effort. Some more coverage appears here, in addition to a lot of blogs. According to Savio over at InfoWorld (IDG), these actions were a lot more effective than the activists probably realise.

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[W]hat I find more interesting are the calls to boycott Novell, Suse, and Microsoft products in India.

It’s about about word of mouth. It changes perceptions and passes from mouth to ear. █

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