Summary: Susan Heystee, who was part of the glue between Microsoft and Novell, is leaving to join Telogis
IT is difficult to determine whether Heystee decided to quit or was laid off, but what we do know is that she immediately moved to another job at another company, which suggests the former possibility. For those who do not know, Heystee was Novell's General Manager who was close to Microsoft [1, 2]. You can hear her talking about the deal in some old audio and a recent video where she speaks with Microsoft (there are several of these).
Heystee joins Telogis from global infrastructure software vendor, Novell, where she was a member of Novell’s Executive leadership team. Most recently she served as vice president, general manager, global strategic alliances and was responsible for leading Novell’s strategic partner business covering global relationships with Microsoft, SAP, VMware, Accenture, Dell, HP, IBM and Cisco as well as Intel and AMD.
It certainly does feel like the slop hype is reaching the "late life crisis" and companies that benefited from this bubble are overdue for a day of reckoning
The Microsoft-sponsored 'FSFE', which violates the terms of use of its name, is causing confusion [...] formally-recognised institutions got tricked into thinking that the Microsoft-sponsored 'FSFE' is the FSF
