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Posted in Novell at 7:49 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: News about Novell becoming scarce and OpenSUSE Weekly News reaching the end of the line
WE will no longer keep track of Novell as closely as we have since the company was sold. The reason is, there is not much to cover. SUSE became a tool/marionette of Microsoft just over 7 months ago, Microsoft got Novell’s patents more than a year ago, and Novell is being liquidated (physical assets sold). When new releases come out [1, 2, 3, 4] it will make sense to say a few words, but not many releases come out anymore, not under Attachmate’s leadership. Why? Because it is too passive, hardly ever caring about Novell.
=> became a tool/marionette of Microsoft just over 7 months ago | Novell is being liquidated | ↺ 1 | ↺ 2 | ↺ 3 | ↺ 4 | it is too passive
“SUSE is now just a subsidiary for Microsoft to sell its Microsoft-taxed GNU/Linux, primarily at Red Hat’s expense.”Novell’s PR front delivered just two posts in a whole month [1, 2] (it used to be almost daily) and the OpenSUSE site has something to say only about once a week [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. One of those updates is about the demise of OpenSUSE Weekly News and another about a death. SUSE staff moves on to other ventures such as ownCloud and looks for more staff or support [1, 2]. The residue of SUSE is still around, but the SUSE focus is long gone, except in some HOWTOs. SUSE is now just a subsidiary for Microsoft to sell its Microsoft-taxed GNU/Linux, primarily at Red Hat’s expense.
=> ↺ 1 | ↺ 2 | ↺ 1 | ↺ 2 | ↺ 3 | ↺ 4 | ↺ 5 | ↺ 6 | ↺ staff moves on | ownCloud | ↺ 1 | ↺ 2 | ↺ still around | ↺ some HOWTOs
Looking at some recently-uploaded videos, we were able to find Novell promotion in YouTube, as well as old press appearances (also in German). We’re afraid there’s not much more to say about Novell; the company is history, so finding news about it has become very hard. █
=> ↺ Novell promotion in YouTube | ↺ old press appearances | ↺ in German
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