Novell 'Screwed' by Its Former CEO (Updated)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2010-08-05 10:10:57 UTC
- Modified: 2010-08-05 11:45:38 UTC
By World Economic Forum
Summary: Google eliminates Groupwise contracts and also pulls the plug on Wave, which leaves Novell in an awkward position
GOOGLE'S CURRENT CEO happens to be the former CEO of Novell, who is currently taking business away from Novell. Here is another new article which mentions the LA migration (having slight delays, but nothing as bad as the media claims).
The LA migration is a case of Novell losing a huge Groupwise customer because of Google (there is a new
whitepaper about migration away from Groupwise and over to Google and some more articles this week about
Groupwise and
Groupwise support from
CompanionLink).
One of the biggest items of news at the moment is the death of Google Wave (which may be folded into another product/service). There is also
impact on Novell, which already has Pulse in development [
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2,
3,
4,
5].
Moreover, vendors such as Novell, Oracle, and Salesforce.com who have integrated portions Wave code with their product offerings will be able to continue using the technology. "We will work on developing tools for customers to easily 'liberate' their content from Wave," a Google spokesperson told me via email.
That remains to be seen though. Did anybody use Wave? It's a privacy risk.
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Update: Novell
insists that Pulse will live on.
Comments
twitter
2010-08-06 00:17:31
Google should be commended if they follow through with their promise of making Wave free software. GNUSocial might be able to use parts of it.
verofakto
2010-08-06 03:02:26
Well, it's interesting to see that the lying and uninformed FUD aren't necessarily Microsoft-specific. I never thought about it that way.
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2010-08-06 05:41:03
JohnD
2010-08-07 13:54:37