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Open Source Advocate VP Chris Stone Leaves Novell

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the greener-pastures dept.

SafeTinspector writes "ComputerWorld has a story regarding the sudden departure of Chris Stone, a respected open source advocate and the man often sited as the architect behind Novell's acquisistion of Ximian and SUSE as well as the recent open source orientation of Novell.
At the same time, Novell has a web site dedicated to dispelling the mistruths propogated in Microsoft's 'Get the Facts' campaign. What does all this mean to the future of Novell's Linux and Open Source strategy? Does any of this relate to the imminent release of Open Enterprise Server? Anybody?"

6 of 172 comments (clear)

  1. Isn't it obvious? by nightsweat · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Evolution will not be televised.

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    the major advances in civilization are processes which all but wreck the societies in which they occur - A.N. White
  2. Overheard at the MS PDC... by Adouma · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Devlopers! Devlopers! Chris Stone! Devlopers!..."

  3. Re:They Got 'Political Capital' with Us by lawpoop · · Score: 5, Funny
    Dude, the word 'political' has no 'u's in it.

    Oh, wait, I read "They got 'Political' with Capital U's." n/m.

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  4. Re:He's coming to MS. by turgid · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe Ballmer wants to Open Source Windows and has hired him to show them how to do it?

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  5. Re:He's coming to MS. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "UID"? That sounds like Linux talk to me! You're not from MicroSoft!

  6. Re:If you don't seek help here... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I trust you were being ironic? spelling nazi's should be spelling Nazis (no apostrophe), of course.