BusinessWeek: Cold Realities For Novell | Linux Today

BusinessWeek: Cold Realities For Novell

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 24, 2005

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Greenwood
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“In the fall of 2004, Chris Stone, then vice-chairman of Novell
Inc., took a nine-week executive education course at Harvard
Business School. Stone was considered a rising star at the software
company. Several Novell insiders say they thought his Harvard stint
was the final step in polishing his skills before he took over as
chief executive from Jack L. Messman.

“But Stone was in for rude surprise. As the course was wrapping
up, he met with Messman, and the boss forced him to resign. Neither
man will talk about the incident. But former Novell executives say
the two had clashed several times previously over who should take
credit for the company’s decision to shift its focus to selling the
Linux open-source operating system. Two sources close to the
company say that disagreement was the primary reason for the final
split…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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