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Novell Under Pressure From Investors
UltimaGuy writes "The pressure is growing on Novell Inc's management to make major strategic changes after a regulatory filing revealed a Novell shareholder has joined Credit Suisse First Boston in calling for change at the identity management and Linux vendor. The steps proposed by the investment firm include cutting costs by targeting Novell's two corporate jets, its 'overstaffed' R&D department, legacy products, and its 400 NetWare engineers, as well as selling non-core businesses to enable funds to be redeployed."
For all you know this effort is underwritten by Redmond. After all, SUSE is the best desktop distribution out there and NOVELL owns SUSE. Since we (pretty much) know MS had SCO fire the first shot, why shouldn't we suspect that it gave some favorable deal to First Boston in exchange for firing the second shot at Linux -- trying to stiffle the financing of the best provider of Linux desktops?
It is about time to write to you Congress rep to asking that Congress demand that the Justice Department investigate this abuse of the courts to stiffle competition by this convicted monopolist.
Any guest worker system is indistinguishable from indentured servitude.
Does ANYBODY in the US think long term anymore and still have influence in corporate or government circles?
Bush/Rumsfeld etc have a long-term view of the Middle East in relation to Oil revenues in the Haliburton et al context!
R&D all the way to war.
" Right now the plan is to leave it off until some dev guy scream"
So you see if it makes a problem for someone to fix rather than ask first? Man you are the typical network admin.