Re: [Ossi] Re: [school-discuss] The end of Red Hat support - Novell/SUSE

[Tom Adelstein <adelste@netscape.net>]

Tim, I didn't mention the fact that they're anxious to learn everything 
and they have a couple of groups charged with internalizing OSS in the 
company and among their resellers. IBM did the same thing in their year 
2000 initiative, spending most of that year promoting internally before 
promoting externally. I had the good fortune in participating in that 
effort.

I did notice a difference. The IBM teams learned about Linux because 
they had to do so. The people at Novell have a high level of curiosity 
and seem self propelled.

wookie@osdl.org wrote:
> I've talked to them face to face.  I also had dealings with
> the old Novell and they really are two different companies.
>
> I have to say that so far my conversations with them make
> me feel that they understand how Linux works. (Its development
> model and value proposition for the OS.) 
> Tim
>
> On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 16:36, Tom Adelstein wrote:
>
> > cdmiller@adams.edu wrote:
> >
> > > paul wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Tuesday 04 November 2003 14:18, Marilyn wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Yes, this RedHat news is a bummer.
> > > > >
> > > > > What is the opinion of this group on the Novell/SUSE purchase?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I hope that what happened to WordPerfect when Novell bought it
> > > > doesn't happen to SUSE.
> > > >
> > > > paul 
> > >
> > > Agreed, and that goes for Ximian as well.
> > >
> > > It is probably Novell's only chance to survive, so hopefully current 
> > > management wont botch it and bring SUSE and Ximian down with the ship. 
> > > It is still unclear to me whether they really "get" free and open source 
> > > software, but the are giving it a try.
> > >
> > > Maybe Novell will end up with great support offerings for SUSE and 
> > > Ximian and be able to survive.  The markets seem to agree with the 
> > > purchase with a 20% rise in NOVL stock today.
> > >
> > > - cameron
> > I've spoken at length with people in management and took their course on 
> > Linux with novell services.
> >
> >  http://www.novell.com/training/linux/linux_linux_book.pdf a relatively 
> > short but extremely enlightening piece.
> >
> > I have done my due diligence, read all their SEC filings, tracked down 
> > management histories etc. I even did calculations on their stock prices, 
> > did timeline analysis of their financial statements, etc.
> >
> > This is a new management team, very bright, very intelligent. They had a 
> > merger with Cambridge Technology Partners. It's a brand new, very 
> > exciting group of people. A new company.
> >
> > If you have any lingering pictures of Novell, put them on the side of 
> > the road. This is all goodness for OSS. I can also tell you I was 
> > skeptical going into my review. So, this was a pleasant surprise.
> >
> >
> >
> > - Tom Adelstein
> >
> >
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