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Novell States Its Case

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 25, 2008

[ Thanks to The
VAR Guy
for this link. ]

“Give Novell credit. Rather than slamming The VAR Guy for a
particularly harsh blog post about the software company, Novell
reached out to him and engaged in a healthy dialog. During a
lengthy telephone chat, Novell Senior VP and Chief Marketing
Officer John Dragoon walked The VAR Guy through the company’s
business performance and strategy. Here’s a recap of the
conversation, and some updated reactions from The VAR Guy.

“First, let’s rewind a bit. The VAR Guy on January 17 posted a
blog entry questioning whether Novell could remain relevant as the
open source application market begins to consolidate through
mergers and acquisitions…”

Complete
Story

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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