Going Canadian: The Rise and Fall of Novell

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Going Canadian: The Rise And Fall Of Novell

During the 1980s and 1990s Novell was one of those names that you could not avoid if you came even somewhat close to computers. Starting with selling computers and printers, they’d switch to …

#redhat in 2022 #ibm is where #suse was in 2005 #novell ... inside the belly of a dying company, willing to sell out to ANYBODY... even #microsoft

11 years ago #microsoft killed #nokia like it had killed #novell ... and this criminal #cult is still preying on more companies for 'daring' to compete with #windows http://techrights.org/wiki/Nokia

#Microsoft : we love #linux
Microsoft Vice President (Allchin): "you just pull the trigger. Angry discussions before hand are a waste of time. We need to smile at #Novell while we pull the trigger." Smile!!! Killing while smiling?? MICROSOFT IS HIRING!! ;-)

#canonical does not want "Linux" to succeed. It wants Canonical to succeed. #redhat does not want "Linux" to succeed. It wants #IBM to profit. #novell did not want "SUSE" to succeed. It wanted #microsoft to be happy and throw a bone over.

Many people from #nextcloud came from #suse ... some of them predating #microsoft killing their employer, #novell

Ron Hovsepian's lawyer: my client Ron, former and last #novell CEO, cannot find a job because of #techrights ... please delete facts that makes it hard for millionaire Ronnie make more millions http://techrights.org/category/ron-hovsepian/

Ron Hovsepian

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#OpenSUSE is Looking for Candidates to Run for Its Board https://fossforce.com/2021/11/opensuse-is-looking-for-candidates-to-run-for-its-board/ #suse and #novell drove away much of the community they had (which included me until 15 years ago)

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#suse is #marketing #proprietarySoftware again https://www.suse.com/c/suse-linux-enterprise-server-the-underlying-structure-of-a-transition-to-sap-s-4hana/ what the company became after #microsoft killed #novell http://techrights.org/2019/07/28/novell-suse-sap/

In a decade or so #ibm will still be around in the sense SUN and #novell are still 'around'. It's a collapsing company. #redhat staff also flees in droves (those who can) http://techrights.org/wiki/IBM

#ibm #redhat shilling #microsoft all the time. Not sure at which point we can call that company a "NET NEGATIVE" like #novell was...

"I wonder if PJ still has that red dress, and whether it's time for it yet. PJ, if you're listening, I hope you're doing well." #groklaw #novell #ibm #sco https://grokthelaw.freeforums.net/thread/393/over

Push #suse back in the ashtray. It's just another #novell https://www.suse.com/c/microsoft-puts-suse-linux-at-the-core-of-the-sap-database/ http://techrights.org/2020/08/05/suse-is-still-helping-microsoft/

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#SUSE is boosting #Microsoft #CrowdStrike ... I lack words to express how I feel about SUSE... it's still #novell https://www.suse.com/c/suse-rancher-and-crowdstrike/

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#ibm #redhat pushing #ProprietarySoftware today (was it obliged to? Another #novell #suse -like example) https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/now-available-multi-target-replication-sap-hana-red-hat-enterprise-linux

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"I saw many of the very same patterns in S.u.S.E. under #Novell , which was at one point headed by a former IBMer (Hovsepian), who sold out to #Microsoft and then sold the company." http://techrights.org/2021/08/21/ibm-layoffs-in-marketing/

Many IBM Layoffs (in Marketing), But the Media Is Not Mentioning Those Layoffs At All

IBM has a grip on the media, so many people won’t know about the recent layoffs; as if without IBM formally declaring those layoffs — set aside the exodus — the media lacks the authority to mention that it is happening

But #ibm #redhat (well, #zonker in this case; ex #novell ), why do you SLANDER the author of the GPL??? https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/celebrating-30-years-linux-kernel-and-gplv2

Celebrating 30 years of the Linux kernel and the GPLv2

The Linux kernel has had a huge technological impact on the world, but it couldn't have been at the center of this without the provisions of the GNU General Public License 2.0.

Remember that #novell was destroyed by a person from #ibm (Ron), who gave the company to #microsoft http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Ron_Hovsepian

#ibm repeats with #redhat many of the same mitakes #novell made with #suse

" #SouthAfrica does not permit the patenting of software, but #Microsoft and/or #Novell have ignored the law." http://techrights.org/wiki/Software_Patents_in_South_Africa #swpats