"When Novell announced its purchase of SUSE Linux, the reaction of many longtime Novell NetWare customers and the IT industry in general seemed to be very positive. But since the Ximian and SUSE announcements, Novell arguably hasn't kept up that marketplace excitement. Where did that public energy and enthusiasm go?
"We clearly have had our heads down, that is absolutely true. The one thing that a lot of people in the investment community said to us when we were doing all this was, 'We're going to be watching you for execution, not for enthusiasm.' So we have been heads-down working on that [job]..."
