Comments on: Did Novell Quietly Sack Over 100 People?

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:18:22 +0000

Don’t use the “P” word like that ([P]atent or [P]rotection). Novell calls this product “[P]eace of Mind”.

By: Diamond Wakizashi

Diamond Wakizashi — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:15:36 +0000

“NOVELL, Inc. (Nasdaq:NOVL), a worldwide leader in selfishness, backstabbing and hypocrisy”

Yes, their #1 product is “protection” from mythical Microsoft patents, not Linux.

By: narpa

narpa — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:52:57 +0000

Yeah, it’s in the place where your brain should be. Oh, and your dignity.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:26:39 +0000

OK, so let’s say that because the economy is so bad and it’s hard to make ends meet, many Novell employees simply resigned.

Let’s say…

And Novell didn’t bother filling the vacancies.

Do you see a gap in this bit of logic?

By: Anynomous

Anynomous — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:04:49 +0000

Pure unproven speculation: you don’t have to layoff people to reduce head count. And certainly for such magnitude it’s for usual fluctuation sufficient to simply not replace everyone leaving.