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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?"

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  1. In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Chris Rock is 2005 Oscar host

  2. Re:If you don't seek help here... by tomhudson · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    You wrote:
    American high school dropouts are still ahead of anyone else
    Try reading this: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1154/is _n4_v77/ai_7446849
    ... to find the relevant figures ...
    "The frightening truth is that even though our nation spends $185 billion annually on public education, we're turning out a bumper crop of functional illiterates," says John L. Clendenin, chairman of BellSouth Corp. and a leader in the business drive to improve American education. Some other findings of various analyses of the U.S. school system:

    * Three out of four U.S. students leaving school are not ready for the basic problem-solving demands of work or college, according to the National Academy of Sciences.

    * The dropout rate in public high schools averages 25 percent across the country and ranges to 50 percent in some inner-city areas.

    * In a recent test of the mathematics and science proficiency of 13-year-olds in this country, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Korea, Spain, and four Canadian provinces, American students finished last in math and near the bottom in science. South Korea was first in math and second to British Columbia--by a razor-thin margin--in science.

    The American students did rank highest in one category: the amount of time spent watching television.
    So, American students are only #1 at watching TV. Helps explain the obesity/supersize me problem as well.

    And the "last in math" helps explain your country's inability to do something as simple as count votes ... again! No wonder there's so much action at http://www.marryanamerican.ca/.

  3. This is what happens... by lunar_legacy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...when CowboyNeal spends too much time on making sure /. pages are valid html!

    often cited as