Comments on: Is Novell Gradually Running Out of Friends? http://techrights.org/2007/03/22/novell-foes/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Ian http://techrights.org/2007/03/22/novell-foes/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:58:36 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/03/22/novell-foes/#comment-463 Would you not recommend them based on their technology or would you not recommend them based on Bruce Peren’s and the blogosphere?

Have you ever recommended anything in terms of IT? How about Microsoft products?

]]> By: Waltham http://techrights.org/2007/03/22/novell-foes/comment-page-1/#comment-461 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:50:53 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/03/22/novell-foes/#comment-461 The sad thing is Novell accidentally punished the ecosystem, and so calling for alienation is harsh. Personally I don’t think it’s worth the effort and it’s not the way we generally make decisions about IT.

Customers simply won’t buy Novell. Not because of an active boycott, but because there are genuinely better alternatives. Once folks stop buying, there’s no incentive for the partners to stay (notice they are trying to recruit NEW partners). And the big boys like IBM, Dell, HP, Oracle etc will follow and seek more lucrative opportunities. Less money will mean job cuts and the cycle repeats. The whole thing will implode like a house of cards. Novell is doing the damage to itself.

However at the end of the day you’ve got to ask yourself that after this latest set of stunts, would you trust them anymore? And would you stake your job on recommending them?

The answer is absolutely not!

]]> By: Ian http://techrights.org/2007/03/22/novell-foes/comment-page-1/#comment-460 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:49:36 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2007/03/22/novell-foes/#comment-460 Google and Novell really shouldn’t be compared. It’s apples and oranges. Both are software companies, but they offer entirely different product lines. Google profits on search and their ad scheme, and probably nothing else. Their success is being driven in a major way by investment capitalists and a fervor over their stock.

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