“Don’t hate Novell because of its partnership with Microsoft.
Hate Novell because its business stinks.“Novell tried to clear the air last week, big time. The Waltham,
Mass., software company wrapped up a review of its options
accounting practices that began late last year, and announced that
it won’t need to restate a decade’s worth of financial results. The
company also provided details on a controversial pact with
Microsoft–in a nutshell, Novell hasn’t agreed to sell the scaly
hides of 100 open-source developers to Bill Gates in exchange for a
boxcar full of gold bars…”
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