Tribute to Novell's Noorda, Who Never Trusted Microsoft
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2007-04-08 07:34:39 UTC
Modified: 2007-04-08 07:40:56 UTC
For a moment, we beg you ignore our domain name which -- as we explained before -- should have only refected on protest against patent deals with Microsoft, not the company as a whole. Then, hopefully, this placement of the video should not be perceived as disrespectful.
As stated by journalists when Ray Noorda passed away (just shortly before Microsoft/Novell negotiation bore 'fruit'), he never would have approved. In fact, it turns out that he supported Linux many years ago, whereas today's Novell appears to be losing focus.
We previously embedded a video which features an interview with the previous CEO, Jack Messman, who did not negotiate with Microsoft. If Ray Noorda (or maybe even Jack Messman) was still around, none of this would have happened, surely not behind the community's backs. Watching the video leaves you rather sad. It is saddening to see how a great company sold itself (and its community) to their aggressive rival.
Yesterday we read that it was quite cruel how IBM (or Red Hat) compelled staff to pretend to be happily leaving or "retiring" when the reality was, they had been pushed out with some "package"
If patent law had been applied to novels in the 1880s, great books would not have been written. If the EU applies it to software, every computer user will be restricted, says Richard Stallman
So the real extent of layoffs is greater than what's publicly stated (there are silent layoffs) [...] Whatever IBM says about the scope, scale, or magnitude of the "RAs", it doesn't tell the full story
This is a real problem and most certainly a big problem because when people try to find real information about security and GNU/Linux they instead read "word salads" made by bots
