Computerworld: Novell’s Users Rewarded for Staying the Course

“If you’re a Novell user, yesterday was a very good day for you.
The company that has frustrated you for years with its inability to
provide you with the air cover you need to justify your investment
in its technology at long last secured the leadership to do just
that. The tragedy is that it took so much longer than it should
have.

“When Ron Hovsepian joined Novell in 2003 as president of the
company’s operations in North America, what he stepped into left
him knee-deep in muck. The 17-year IBM veteran found himself
sloshing around in the messes made by the management team from
Cambridge Technology Partners following Novell’s acquisition of
that company in 2001. The biggest mess-maker of all was Jack
Messman, the head of CTP who inexplicably assumed the CEO position
at Novell…”

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