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- Where Messman failed at Novell
- The Desktop Linux movement is not about the operating system.It's not just about the applications either. Its advance depends on compatibility, not replacing Windows but building around it, on top of it. On dealing with it. Every few months, while Jack Messman ran Novell, I'd get a call from a...
- Blog posts 2006-06-22
- No suprises. Novell CEO Messman dragged out with boots on.
- Reuters is reporting that two CxO's at Novell -- CEO Jack Messman and CFO Joseph Tibbetts -- have gotten the boot. Or should I say dragged out with their boots on. According to the brief: Novell's board of directors elected Ronald Hovsepian as chief executive officer, the company...
- Blog posts 2006-06-22
- Novell's Messman: Vista's cost to push users to desktop Linux
- While Microsoft's PDC is taking place here in the U.S., ZDNet UK's Andrew Donoghue has other conference coverage coming from Novell's BrainShare in Barcelona. Donoghue has reported that Novell CEO Jack Messman is viewing Windows Vista as desktop Linux's golden opportunity to win users away from Windows. ...
- Blog posts 2005-09-13
- Novell's Messman kicks off LinuxWorld
- Novell CEO Jack Messman gave the opening keynote at LinuxWorld Boston today. Messman sauntered onto the stage with Stevie Wonder's Superstition playing in the background. I'm trying to figure out whether that's symbolic of anything. (I'm interviewing Messman tomorrow morning, so I'll ask.) Messman started by speaking fondly of Boston,...
- Blog posts 2005-02-15
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- Yankee Group: Novell gaining (with Microsoft's help) at Red Hat's expense
- Whatever the reasons behind the formation of the Microsoft-Novell technology partnership announced last year, its helping Novell SuSE Linux gain at Red Hats expense, according to a research study due out next month. The Yankee Group "2007 Global Server Hardware and Server OS Survey" -- a survey of nearly...
- Blog posts 2007-03-26
- Novell's acquisition strategy
- Back on June 2nd, I told Novell to focus on their growing identity management business. Shortly thereafter, Novell's long-time CEO, Jack Messman, was replaced by Ron Hovsepian. Suddenly, it appears that Novell's new chief may be listening.In an interview that most of the world missed, Hovsepian stated that "management services"...
- Blog posts 2006-06-27
- Where Messman failed at Novell
- Where Messman failed at NovellTime will tell the taleNot all of Novell's problems can be thrown at Nessman's feet.Really, Novell acquired a 'gem' in the form of SUSE Linux in late 2003, so the move to put SUSE as the strategic technology centerpiece in place has been no small undertaking....
- Discussion threads 2006-06-22
- Hovsepian now heir apparent at Novell
- Hovsepian now heir apparent at Novellthats$650,000 annum salary amounts to almost $60K a month. Are executives and CEO's worth that much money.Could mean what the article implies, ...... that Mr. Hovsepian is heir apparent with inheritance soon to arrive.Or it could mean he's receiving an incentive to stay at Novell...
- Discussion threads 2005-11-03
- And now, without further ado: the Google PC
- In writing Now's the time for the network computer, my colleague and fellow blogger Dana Gardner has it all wrong. OK, maybe half wrong. The network computer bit is 100 percent dead-on. It's the Oracle part he has wrong.To everybody including Novell CEO Jack Messman who thinks...
- Blog posts 2005-09-19
- David has Microsoft vistulations
- My colleague David Berlind has been busy with his new Microsoft Vistulations blog, uploading dozens of Windows Vista screen shots ranging from what the new gadget loaded Windows Sidebar might look like to a 24-image slide gallery of the entire Vista installation process. If you are wondering what "vistulations"...
- Blog posts 2005-09-15
- Novell banging desktop Linux drum hard
- Paul Murphy has a nice piece up asking what can be done to increase support for desktop Linux. (That's Novell CEO Jack Messman to the left.)He wrote the same day that Novell launched its European Brainshare conference in Barcelona, where the answer was "we'e doing all we can." As readers...
- Blog posts 2005-09-12
- Novell's latest Linux desktop gets minimal coverage
- Here is a story that hasn't gotten much media love this week.Novell will combine several products into a suite it says can replace Windows for a small business.The bundle includes three server licenses for Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Novell Linux Desktop, GroupWise and eDirectory. The price is $475 for a...
- Blog posts 2005-03-23
- Novell's Messman on Groupwise, Hula, patents and Microsoft
- Ever since merging with Cambridge Technology Partners, Novell has been going through one of the most dramatic transformations ever undertaken by a current or former tech titan. The company has placed huge bets on open source and is also trying to leverage its Novell Directory Services legacy into an...
- Blog posts 2005-02-16
- Roll Away The Stone
- The gearheads are buzzing over ZDNet's report from Friday about Chris Stone (left, from ZDNet France) leaving Novell. They're worried about what this may mean concerning Novell's commitment to open source. Stone was in his second tour with Novell, which moved to Waltham from Utah early this year. During...
- Blog posts 2004-11-07
- Novell both-source vision
- Speaking yesterday at Novell's annual conference in Barcelona, CEO Jack Messman told customers and partners that Microsoft's exhaustive license fees for Windows have prevented enterprises and developers from directing cash into more "innovative" software. "Microsoft has sucked $60 billion out of our industry that could have been used for innovation,"...
- Blog posts 2004-09-14
- Novell CEO touts Ximian buy
- Novell CEO touts Ximian buyAt LinuxWorld in San Francisco, Novell CEO Jack Messman discusses how this week's acquisition of Ximian will round out his company's open-source cross-platform offerings.
- Videos 2003-08-06
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