THERE IS A LOT to go through, so this post will be quick.
Savio believes that forces in the east might acquire some (or many) western technology companies and there is a reference to this recent survey (more here) which says that Novell may not survive this year.
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A lot of people seem surprised by the news that Obama exchanged standards for lock-in (Microsoft). But none of this should be shocking and the candidacy/parties do not matter. That’s just how this system is intended to be run. █
“Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won’t leave you alone.”
–Richard Stallman
Software patent dealers/peddlers in the news
Novell’s PR people spoke about H-P’s small computer that may run SLED.
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THE MORE INTERESTING NEWS this week was the availability of a KDE 3.5-based Live CD which sits inside the ‘shell’ of OpenSUSE 11.1.
Want classic KDE on openSUSE, without the full DVD download? Carlos Goncalves has you covered. openSUSE 11.1 Live CDs and USB images featuring KDE 3.5 are now available for download.
Created by openSUSE community member Carlos Goncalves, the KDE 3.5 Live CD and USB images contain openSUSE 11.1 plus several key updates.
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“Analysts sell out – that’s their business model… But they are very concerned that they never look like they are selling out, so that makes them very prickly to work with.”
–Microsoft, internal document [PDF]
WE HAVE WRITTEN extensively over the past couple of years about the Gartner Group and how it really operates [1, 2, 3].
This post is part of a series that explores antitrust exhibits where Gartner and other analysts are looked at more closely.
We start with Comes vs. Microsoft Exhibit PX09701 (May 2004) [PDF], which contains details about the Gartner deal, along with some figures.
Included in this correspondence, which is added in full at the bottom, we have Gerri Elliott, who worked on changing the law against Free software in education [1, 2] and Bill Veghte (alias billv), who fights against GNU/Linux with EDGI, as we showed yesterday.
Among the recipients we have Susan Hauser, who is now using FUD to market the Microsoft/Novell deal [1, 2].
In this 2004 Microsoft-Gartner deal, worth paying attention is the part where Microsoft says: “I agree that we cannot have them [Gartner] order naked PCs.”
To quote with context:
I agree that we cannot have them order naked PCs. That won’t work.
You might decide to have them order the PCs with windows pre-installed and then rebate them back some money or credit for other software.
Here are some numbers (we’ll come to this in future parts):
Thanks seems clear, BTW I am carrying about $500K in my budget for next year to pay for this as one of 4 deals mike made that we need to work out of over the next 3 years.
Another tidbit:
The issue is the first concession, the granting of 3,700 Windows XP Professional Upgrade OS Licenses. Gartner is refreshing a portion of their desktops with IBM as the installer/SI.
Gartner wants to use the upgrade license on these new Desktops without buying an underlying OS/license from the OEM, which we have never conceded to a customer. Our Windows Upgrade license requires an underlying OS from an OEM. Kevin has tried to position that he has Windows 2000 on the original desktops and wants to transfer the OS. We do not allow transfer of OS.
The correspondence, in full, is below. █
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Cryptic reference to Novell-SCO from Microsoft General Manager months before the lawsuits began
THE other day in the IRC channel, we discussed what had come from this antitrust exhibit. What did Microsoft’s General Manager in India mean by “big bet plan in India (post Novell – Sco and Trishul)”? That was a very private/confidential E-mail. We did some searching to find out what Trishul was about (partial IRC log at the bottom), but we were unable to see what SCO and Novell had to do with this.
That was less than 6 months before SCO launched its assault on Linux, using intellectual property that belonged to Novell. █
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| neighborlee | schestowitz, Rajeev Kaul comment about post novel-sco is weird | Jan 15 17:06 |
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| schestowitz | I missed that. where? | Jan 15 17:06 |
| schestowitz | in response to it? | Jan 15 17:07 |
| schestowitz | we need context | Jan 15 17:07 |
| neighborlee | Given the impact of Education market in India globally for us and the threats from Linux and piracy, I want to make this a big bet plan in India (post Novell – Sco and Trishul). < this | Jan 15 17:08 |
| schestowitz | Any close links b/w them prior to 2003? | Jan 15 17:08 |
| neighborlee | odd phrasing there ‘big bet plan’ but whatever  |
Jan 15 17:08 |
| schestowitz | novell= netware; sco=unix | Jan 15 17:09 |
| moogstrap | sorry. phonecall. I was going to say that, as a seaman, I have actually been chased by pirates. they weren’t offering copyrighted materials. | Jan 15 17:09 |
| *schestowitz on phone | Jan 15 17:10 | |
| schestowitz | Big bet | Jan 15 17:11 |
| schestowitz | betting on replacing unix? | Jan 15 17:11 |
| schestowitz | Baystar? | Jan 15 17:11 |
| schestowitz | Where’s Trishul? | Jan 15 17:12 |
| schestowitz | Or who is it? | Jan 15 17:12 |
| schestowitz | Worth googling. | Jan 15 17:12 |
| neighborlee | schestowitz, joseX well said last few posts..very nice. http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/11/ms-mai… | Jan 15 17:18 |
| neighborlee | schestowitz, I feel exactly the same. | Jan 15 17:19 |
| moogstrap | that API patent really takes the piss | Jan 15 17:21 |
| neighborlee | yup | Jan 15 17:22 |
| moogstrap | an optimistic view: http://www.sdtimes.com/FROM_THE_EDITORS_M… | Jan 15 17:24 |
| schestowitz | Should i post something about that SCO-NOVELL thing in isolation? | Jan 15 17:24 |
| moogstrap | you mean from the email quote? | Jan 15 17:26 |
| schestowitz | Intel is corrupting the term “open source” now (just spotted in the news): http://www.brandrepublic.asia/Media/Advertisingarti… | Jan 15 17:26 |
| schestowitz | moogstrap: yes. | Jan 15 17:26 |
| schestowitz | It could be worth bearing in mind. | Jan 15 17:27 |
| schestowitz | SCO and India are not so isolated | Jan 15 17:27 |
| schestowitz | They had Sandi | Jan 15 17:27 |
| schestowitz | They also had some deals there and deployments | Jan 15 17:27 |
| moogstrap | I don’t really know | Jan 15 17:31 |
| moogstrap | I mean, is that the only reference? | Jan 15 17:33 |
| moogstrap | still it’s omninous | Jan 15 17:35 |
| schestowitz | Yes, only this reference. | Jan 15 17:37 |
| schestowitz | Where’s Trishul? Let’s google it..  |
Jan 15 17:37 |
| schestowitz | http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozcli… | Jan 15 17:37 |
| schestowitz | BN at top spot | Jan 15 17:37 |
| schestowitz | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trishul | Jan 15 17:38 |
| schestowitz | Trishul may refer to: | Jan 15 17:38 |
| schestowitz | * Trishul (weapon), a type of traditional trident from India | Jan 15 17:38 |
| schestowitz | * Trishul (missile), a surface-to-air missile under development in India | Jan 15 17:38 |
| schestowitz | * Trishul (film), a 1978 Hindi film | Jan 15 17:38 |
| schestowitz | * INS Trishul, an Indian guided missile frigate bought from Russia | Jan 15 17:38 |
| schestowitz | * Trishul or Trisul, the name of a Himalayan mountain peak. | Jan 15 17:38 |
| schestowitz | Are they trying to torpedo Linux with Novell/SCO? |
Jan 15 17:38 |
| moogstrap | or Trishul Apartments | Jan 15 17:39 |
| schestowitz | PJ might know.. | Jan 15 17:39 |
| moogstrap | http://www.microsoft.com/india/me… | Jan 15 17:42 |
| moogstrap | “Contributed to conceiving and developing “Trishul” plan as a core member with Sanjay Mirchandani, Rajiv Kaul and Tarun Gulati” | Jan 15 17:42 |
| schestowitz | Ahhhhhhh. | Jan 15 17:43 |
| schestowitz | Good find. | Jan 15 17:43 |
| schestowitz | So how does this related to “Novell – Sco”? | Jan 15 17:43 |
| moogstrap | meh. All I can find are articles about missiles | Jan 15 17:48 |
| moogstrap | and some Java thing for mobiles | Jan 15 17:48 |
| moogstrap | uh, cellphones | Jan 15 17:49 |
| *karabas has quit (Remote closed the connection) | Jan 15 17:49 | |
| schestowitz | At least we know, thanks to you, that it’s a project | Jan 15 17:49 |
| schestowitz | Like Sco -Novell maybe? | Jan 15 17:49 |
| schestowitz | I don’t know the chronicles of this too welll… | Jan 15 17:49 |
| schestowitz | PJ has historical summaries… | Jan 15 17:49 |
| moogstrap | doubtful: http://www.few.vu.nl/~srijith/masters/t… | Jan 15 17:50 |
| schestowitz | So I don’t know how SCO related to Novell before litigation | Jan 15 17:50 |
| schestowitz | GrokDoc/GrokLine with timelines and all might help | Jan 15 17:50 |
| schestowitz | SCO did some mobile stuff recently (failed of course) | Jan 15 17:50 |
| schestowitz | Signed some deals in India IIRC | Jan 15 17:50 |
| schestowitz | Now it sells the assets | Jan 15 17:50 |
| moogstrap | google has forsaken me. sorry dude | Jan 15 18:03 |
| moogstrap | A patent invented by a guy called Trishul, owned by Microsoft: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-85342158.html | Jan 15 18:13 |
| schestowitz | Heh |
Jan 15 18:15 |
| schestowitz | Thanks for looking. | Jan 15 18:15 |
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“[The partnership with Microsoft is] going very well insofar as we originally agreed to co-operate on three distinct projects and now we’re working on nine projects and there’s a good list of 19 other projects that we plan to co-operate on.”
HERE IS THE press release announcing this latest development.
Novell today announced a new version of its access management solution. Novell® Access ManagerTM 3.1 now offers built-in support for WS-federation, a single sign-on feature typically offered in costly, supplementary federated identity products. This makes Novell Access Manager the industry’s most full-featured Web access management offering.
Leveraging Novell’s groundbreaking technical collaboration with Microsoft, Novell Access Manager 3.1 offers support for WS-Federation, one of the WS-* standard set of interoperable access and authentication standards, allowing organizations to easily and securely share business data in mixed-source IT environments. As a result, Novell Access Manager enables IT security administrators to grant non-Windows directory users, partners or organizations, single sign-on access to Microsoft web-based products such as Microsoft Office SharePoint*.
This was promptly covered by IDG News Service (also in here and slightly modified here).
Novell Monday unveiled support for a federation protocol in its identity software that represents the first fruits of its 18-month-old interoperability lab work with Microsoft as it relates to access management.
Novell released version 3.1 of its Access Manager with support for the WS-Federation protocol that is prominent in Microsoft’s Active Directory Federation Services and its forthcoming Geneva identity platform for the cloud.
There’s little more information about it here and here.
Novell Releases Access Manager 3.1 with Built-in Support for WS-Federation
Earlier this week, Novell released its Access Manager 3.1, which includes an SSL-VPN that provides authentication integration.
Novell on Tuesday released a new version of its Access Manager authentication system that allows non-Windows directory users to more easily access Microsoft Web-based products such as Microsoft Office SharePoint.
CRN covered this too:
Novell has updated its access management solution, Novell(R) Access Manager (TM) 3.1, to include a built-in support for Web Services Federation.
Anthony Turco, business leader for identity and security management at Novell APAC told CRN that the single sign-on feature is typically offered in supplementary federated identity products
We’ll be hearing more about it later this month in GWAVACon.
Omni (www.omni-ts.com), the GroupWise Integration Company, today announced that it will unveil two new integration options for Novell GroupWise and Microsoft SharePoint at GWAVACon Las Vegas (January 25-27). The first integration option delivers transparent, bi-directional, server-side synchronization of GroupWise and SharePoint appointments, tasks, address books and support issues. End-users can access the data from the application of their choice. The second option is to embed GroupWise WebAccess Web Parts directly into the SharePoint Portal user interface. This integration provides the same functionality for GroupWise WebAccess in SharePoint as is available for Microsoft Outlook/Exchange.
GWAVACon sort of replaces BrainShare, which was called off [1, 2, 3]. NetworkWorld (IDG) does not forget it so quickly.
FUN STUFF: This came too late to include in the fun stuff I told you about before the holidays, but you still could spend a few minutes watching this great video developed for last year’s Novell BrainShare conference.
All in all, here we have another case of Novell enabling Microsoft lock-in. █
Image makeover by subverting Google
HOW LOW Novell has sunk. It’s hiring people whose job is to manipulate search engines. Here is the new press release:
One of the world’s largest infrastructure software companies has appointed a Yorkshire-based company to manage its Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and Pay-Per-Click (PPC) campaigns.
Novell, based in Waltham, MA, USA known for its infrastructure software including SUSE® Linux Enterprise, an operating system in use by businesses worldwide, has specific requirements for its search marketing campaign, including multilingual SEO and PPC management and localisation of online advertising that Search Laboratory will now provide.
There is some coverage of this in the British press.
Search Laboratory will now lead Novell’s search marketing campaign, including multilingual SEO (search engine optimisation) and PPC (pay-per-click) management, along with localisation of online advertising.
Will they also have capacity for elbowing aside or harassing critical blogs?
Unrelated to this, someone has just added this new Novell advert to YouTube (assuming it’s not just new on YouTube).
A Novell employee still uploads Novell adverts to YouTube. Here is his latest addition:
Another Novell employee, Russ Dastrup, seems to have just sort of joined him. Based in Mapleton (Utah), he describes himself as “Corporate Video guy at Novell. I especially love working on family video projects and fun internal company stuff.” This probably counts as disclosure.
He has just uploaded two Novell ads. Here is the first:
Here is another new upload from him
All of these examples are just a few days old.
To summarise, Novell has people on its payroll who are manipulating Google search results (Novell-related queries) and also people who are passing Novell adverts to Google’s YouTube. █
“Did you know that I left Novell 11 months ago? I’m not part of the “Novell marketing people” that you seem to think I am. I parted ways with Novell for the very same reasons that you cite about the MS agreement–not its evilness, but the careless disregard for the people that the company never bothered to consult (including me).”
–Ted Haeger
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