Why Novell Must Not Crash and Burn Publication: Linux Journal Date: Jun 01 2007 Reporter: Glyn Moody Not since SCO has there been a company so reviled by the open source community as Novell following its deal with Microsoft. Already there are some clear signs of the negative effects of that anger: senior coders have left the company; Novell has posted a loss for the most recent quarter; and there are calls for a boycott of Novell products – to say nothing of imminent changes to the GNU GPL that might well nullify the entire Novell-Microsoft deal. Some people are rubbing their hands in glee at the thought of Novell crashing and burning completely, but such a development could actually turn out to be one of the worst things to happen to free software. Read comments Read full article Read full article in new window See other articles by Glyn Moody See other articles published by Linux Journal Today's headlines Headlines for Jun 01, 2007   Comments Subject Posted by Date either one of these is true... bim_bim 1 Jun, 04:57 Novell must crash and burn Nordic23 1 Jun, 06:56 People really need to read up on the Novel / M$ deal scattershot 1 Jun, 13:33 Re: People really need to read up on the Novel / M$ deal bim_bim 1 Jun, 20:12 [ all comments ]
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