Keep This in Mind When Reading About Novell's Financial Results:
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-02-29 13:52:45 UTC
- Modified: 2008-02-29 13:52:45 UTC
"Well, I doubt, I tend... I don't know who reported on that, but I saw something where they say, you know, this probably isn't due to Novell massaging its numbers around Linux, which is what Dana Blakenhorn at ZDNet had claimed, I mean, I can tell you absolutely for a verifiable fact for that Novell does do that, but then again everybody does that. So... I've.. I've got the sales guys at Novell telling me that, that they do this, but it just doesn't matter, I... I suspect that this is a tech... like a technicality that Novell has run afoul of and not a big deal, but maybe I'll.. maybe we'll be wrong, maybe I'll be wrong, we should see."
--Matt Asay
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