LoneCoder: Microsoft and Novell: The Battle of the Suits

[Ken Burtch]

This is the latest entry in my Lone Coder web column.

Ken B.

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"For many computer companies, the challenge is not producing better
products or developing a good marketing strategy. The challenge is to
find executives (or "suits") who understand the business...

Novell has kind of been the Corel of the U. S. It has been known for its
failure to understand its own technology, most stunningly over its sale
of WordPerfect to Corel for a fraction of its actual price. In 2003,
Novell purchased SuSE Linux, a German distribution which, at the time,
was the number two version of Linux, leaving the SuSE developers to work
with minimal interference from the corporate brass (Wikipedia).

Novell had been struggling through 2006 with frequent turnaround of the
suits who had been unable to cash in on SuSE Linux as they had planned.
In November, Novell announced a new multi-point deal with their old
nemesis, Microsoft. Microsoft provided cash and assurances that Novell
would be protected from lawsuits. Novell would improve the compatibility
of their software with Microsoft products..."

"The thing that everyone is forgetting, however, is who made the deal.
It was the suits..."

Read the complete article at

http://www.pegasoft.ca/coder/coder_december_2006.html

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