Why Novell is Like Napster-Era Metallica | Linux Today

Why Novell is Like Napster-Era Metallica

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 3, 2007

“Remember back when Metallica isolated the majority of their fan
base with their over-the-top stance against Napster (for the moment
let’s leave the stupidity of the music business and the fact that
it only has itself to blame for people pirating songs out of this)
and what it did to the band and the fans that supported them for
all those years? That’s how I am starting to think of
Novell…”

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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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