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Novell Dumps the Hula Project

Posted by kdawson on from the wonder-why? dept.

asv108 writes, "On the Hula general mailing list today, it was announced that Novell is no longer providing full-time developers to Hula. While the project will continue, it appears that Novell is not committed to developing a viable open-source alternative to MS Exchange. The Hula project was announced in February 2005 with much fanfare."

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  1. No full time developers by mnmn · · Score: 5, Funny

    So then are they providing twice as many part-time developers?

    Come to think of it, is there such a thing as part-time developers?

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  2. salt/wound? by Russ+Nelson · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why do I detect the feeling of salt poured into an open wound?

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  3. What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    An open source project dying a quiet, pathetic death in lieu of things that might actually generate revenue?

    NOW I've seen everything.

  4. Re:Coincidence? I think not by EllynGeek · · Score: 5, Funny
    Nah, it's a completely independent decision having nothing to do with their new Redmond overlords.

    How weird, my nose is growing.

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  5. Re:Competition? by stevesliva · · Score: 4, Funny
    I wonder if there is a non-competition clause in the recent agreement.
    Right. In other news, Novell is getting out of the operating system, virtualization, and identity management businesses. In a press release, Novell states, "We got tired of selling actual software that does stuff."
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  6. Re:Coincidence? I think not by shades66 · · Score: 4, Funny

    >Hmm, I wonder if Microsoft had anything to do with that decision?

    NO... never... They wouldn't do a thing like that...

    Anyway next weeks update to SLES10 will include the following features
    a) OpenOffice has been updated to load/save Word documents by default and Macros will run by default.
    b) Firefox has been updated to use MSN as it's homepage and default search engine
    c) Evolution has been patched to try and execute all email attachments when you view an email.
    d) All the above programs now need to be run as root

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  7. Ping... by IANAAC · · Score: 4, Funny

    You should check your ping times.