Novell boss in semi-apology over Microsoft pact Mar 25, 2009, 17 :02 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (5148 reads) (Other stories by Gsavin Clarke)
"Speaking at the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), Hovsepian said he could have done a "better job" of communicating about the deal and suggested he got caught up in thinking about customers, instead of the perception and possible fallout from dealing with Microsoft.
"Hovsepian insisted he remained fully committed to taking business away from Windows and .NET and putting it on open source and Java."