Quick Mention: Aeronautical University Thinks Novell is No Good
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2007-11-12 21:39:42 UTC
- Modified: 2007-11-14 01:55:56 UTC
Novell is
losing another customer.
The university already used Novell's flavor of Linux to run its file and print management systems, as well as Novell eDirectory to manage access to those systems. But Bixler's team ultimately decided against expanding the Novell eDirectory implementation.
"Novell didn't really fit in with our enterprise systems," Bixler said. "To be honest, we've had some issues with performance and how well we worked with Novell when things got rough. I really didn't want to continue on that relationship."
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Comments
Sebastiaan Veld
2007-11-12 22:17:43
To me this look like a shop that's just very happy with Oracle, in which they had already invested quite a lot and made the (political) decision to expand that relationship.
There quite some huge customers out there that run IDM solutions from Novell which are happy with that. You win some, you lose some.
Roy Schestowitz
2007-11-12 22:47:03
Anything we can do to weaken Novell or pressure it to escape its mistake seems suitable. Some say that this would make Novell even more Microsoft-dependent, but then again, it's bound to happen anyway. Better have a small Microsoft partner than a big Trojan horse inside your city (or a camel in the tent).
True, but Novell will only tell you about the wins. It fools people, who might choose Novell. I intend to publish a long item that shows how Microsoft and Novell market themselves (SUSE coupons). It's revealing and ugly.
Limulus
2007-11-13 06:10:25
Roy Schestowitz
2007-11-13 06:21:29
eet
2007-11-13 12:54:30
'For the greater good'? Very morally superior stance...
Anyway, your blog only serves your self-righteousness and as cheap entertainment for the likes of me. :-) You don't really think that you have any impact besides that - or are you that deslusional?
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Sebastiaan Veld
2007-11-14 09:55:57
And who does not do that? Does MS tell us when they loose a customer to Linux or does the community/Red Hat/Novell or any other tell it when they loose business to MS. No they don't, cause it's just not relevant. Everybody markets its strong points and successes as it should be. Weak points are shown by having competition.
Roy Schestowitz
2007-11-14 10:00:39
That's what I do in other fora. Microsoft has a very tight grip on the media. Novell also, to an extent. Microsoft now helps Novell as far as self-serving publicity is concerned (more on that soon).
Sebastiaan Veld
2007-11-14 13:34:45
So? Now you're the only one promoting Linux by telling the world that MS also looses customers? Think you frequently take things out of context and use it to bend it to for your purpose. Would be more interesting why you expect especially Novell to tell all of us about losing a customer or a fight for a deal, while no one else out there does that kind of thing. That has nothing to do with misinforming customers. Also you yourself do it all the time, like "Aeronautical University Thinks Novell is No Good" and with "Novell is losing another customer", that' s taking thing out of context when putting it on a website where you promote the boycott Novell for the Novell-MS interoperability deal. Nothing wrong with having an opinion, but linking information that way is also misinforming people.
" Microsoft has a very tight grip on the media. Novell also, to an extent."
Any large organization or company has that. Why was the article on Oracle 'winning' the race over an IDM solution put there? Cause it somehow made sense to inform people about that. So, having competition leaves room to exploit each others weaknesses.
eet
2007-11-14 16:23:00
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Roy Schestowitz
2007-11-14 22:12:14
To use actual examples, my problem is not with lost business, but it is with deception. Novell neglects to tell the media about coupons, for example. As for Microsoft, one example would be "channel-stuffing". They shove many XBox360s, Zunes, Vistas, and Offices into the channel (at the expense of the shops) and then claim a lot of sales (which are actually products in the warehouse/shelves).
eet
2007-11-15 18:06:44
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SundayRefugee
2007-11-15 20:57:27
Roy Schestowitz
2007-11-15 21:51:29
I touched on that before in: http://boycottnovell.com/2007/11/09/microsoft-crime-dirty-tricks-watch/ .More here: http://boycottnovell.com/2007/11/07/unbundling-windows-patent-tax/ . I wrote some very long articles elsewhere -- articles which I could reuse to show this in more detail (parallelism wrt the Intel antitrust fits well here).
Please do send your thoughts and I'll happily publish. roy at schestowitz dot com.
eet
2007-11-16 10:18:14
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