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Novell CEO Shakeup Puts Ron Hovsepian in Charge

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the corporate-machinations dept.

jht writes "Arriving in my Inbox a few minutes ago (I'm a Novell Partner), was the announcement that effective immediately, CEO Jack Messman and CFO Joe Tibbetts are out of jobs at Novell. Existing president Ron Hovsepian was named CEO, and an interim CFO was named as well. Messman will stay on the board thru the end of October, though. A webcast of the conference call should be available shortly at www.novell.com/company/ir." ukhackster links to ZDNet's coverage of the shakeup, writing "It looks like [Messman's] been blamed for Novell's poor performance in the Linux space versus Red Hat. But can Linux ever be a real cash cow?"

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  1. Like this? by i_want_you_to_throw_ · · Score: 5, Funny

    killall -HUP NovellCEO

    1. Re:Like this? by path_man · · Score: 4, Funny

      On Netware, isn't it an ABEND??

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      The surest sign of intelligent life in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. -- Calvin & Hobbes
  2. Re:It's about damn time... by demachina · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ron is also the better choice because he reads and posts on Slashdot even if it is an AC. Thanks for sharing your take on this with us Ron :)

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    @de_machina
  3. Re:I don't know .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    You know Novell also laid around 600 to 1000 employees last year, right?

    No wonder Messman left. He must be tired from all that hanky-panky.