Comments for Novell News http://www.novell.com/prblogs News and commentary about Novell Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:08:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Novell Open Workgroup Suite Now Available for Small Businesses by The Radicati Group, Inc. » News-By-Mail » News-by-Mail March 30th, 2012 ~ April 5th, 2012 http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=4023&cpage=1#comment-378788 The Radicati Group, Inc. » News-By-Mail » News-by-Mail March 30th, 2012 ~ April 5th, 2012 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:08:16 +0000 http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=4023#comment-378788 [...] Novell announced the availability of its Novell Open Workgroup Suite for Small Business, a productivity suite designed for 200 users or less. www.novell.com [...] [...] Novell announced the availability of its Novell Open Workgroup Suite for Small Business, a productivity suite designed for 200 users or less. http://www.novell.com [...]

]]> Comment on The Future of SUSE is Focus and Innovation by Attachmate Splits Novell into NetIQ, SUSE Divisions | UnixProfs http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3793&cpage=1#comment-349667 Attachmate Splits Novell into NetIQ, SUSE Divisions | UnixProfs Sat, 03 Dec 2011 02:16:25 +0000 http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3793#comment-349667 [...] SUSE will continue to support customers who bought the commercialized version. The company clarifies its position on these technologies in a blog post. The server distribution, SLES, will continue to be supported on IBMs System z mainframe [...] [...] SUSE will continue to support customers who bought the commercialized version. The company clarifies its position on these technologies in a blog post. The server distribution, SLES, will continue to be supported on IBMs System z mainframe [...]

]]> Comment on Novell to support Apple iPad application development by Novell to. NET developers to write code for the Apple iPad - Open News http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=1827&cpage=1#comment-344343 Novell to. NET developers to write code for the Apple iPad - Open News Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:47:57 +0000 http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=1827#comment-344343 [...] is promoting its MonoTouch software development kit, the tool allows developers to build on for the Apple iPad. [...] [...] is promoting its MonoTouch software development kit, the tool allows developers to build on for the Apple iPad. [...]

]]> Comment on Decision in the SCO Group vs. Novell Jury trial by Microsoft purchasing 882 Novell patents – CIO East Africa http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=2153&cpage=4#comment-332389 Microsoft purchasing 882 Novell patents – CIO East Africa Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:36:54 +0000 http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=2153#comment-332389 [...] be the IP around Unix held by Novell. In March, the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah confirmed that Novell owned the copyrights around Unix, ending a seven-year battle between SCO and Novell [...] [...] be the IP around Unix held by Novell. In March, the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah confirmed that Novell owned the copyrights around Unix, ending a seven-year battle between SCO and Novell [...]

]]> Comment on Decision in the SCO Group vs. Novell Jury trial by Microsoft purchasing 882 Novell patents – CIO East Africa http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=2153&cpage=4#comment-332388 Microsoft purchasing 882 Novell patents – CIO East Africa Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:36:33 +0000 http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=2153#comment-332388 [...] be the IP around Unix held by Novell. In March, the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah confirmed that Novell owned the copyrights around Unix, ending a seven-year battle between SCO and Novell [...] [...] be the IP around Unix held by Novell. In March, the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah confirmed that Novell owned the copyrights around Unix, ending a seven-year battle between SCO and Novell [...]

]]> Comment on Defining the Next Chapter of Novell: Focus and Commitment by Doctor Hung http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3907&cpage=1#comment-331888 Doctor Hung Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:52:30 +0000 http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3907#comment-331888 Two engineers talk to us through emails for two months for an ifolder SR. Instruct us to do this and to do that. But do not eager to do dail-in support. The only reason is that we have different time zone. These engineers are from USA. You will lose customers and partners in Asia. Many new customers in my area buy OES, but use ifolder only, because of the concept. But most ifolder issues and problems take a long time to solve and sometimes given up at the last. The ifolder database crashes very often and would not be recovered. Dropbox does the job better than ifolder. Another OES SR, although only a few replies, but actively request to do dail-in support even though we have only one hour to work in different time zone. These engineers are from Europe. They serve us better. Two engineers talk to us through emails for two months for an ifolder SR. Instruct us to do this and to do that. But do not eager to do dail-in support. The only reason is that we have different time zone. These engineers are from USA. You will lose customers and partners in Asia.

Many new customers in my area buy OES, but use ifolder only, because of the concept. But most ifolder issues and problems take a long time to solve and sometimes given up at the last. The ifolder database crashes very often and would not be recovered. Dropbox does the job better than ifolder.

Another OES SR, although only a few replies, but actively request to do dail-in support even though we have only one hour to work in different time zone. These engineers are from Europe. They serve us better.

]]> Comment on SUSE Alliance with VMware Continues to Attract New Customers by Arnaud http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3916&cpage=1#comment-331046 Arnaud Sat, 10 Sep 2011 08:52:21 +0000 http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3916#comment-331046 You say SUSE Alliance with VMware Continues to Attract New Customers. However we don't know how many customers have switched to SUSE (using VSphere) since September 2010. And last but not least, we don't know how much money SUSE get from this deal. Do you have success stories to share involving VMware and SUSE as a guest OS (AFAIK there are only two success stories) You say SUSE Alliance with VMware Continues to Attract New Customers. However we don't know how many customers have switched to SUSE (using VSphere) since September 2010.
And last but not least, we don't know how much money SUSE get from this deal.

Do you have success stories to share involving VMware and SUSE as a guest OS (AFAIK there are only two success stories)

]]> Comment on SUSE Alliance with VMware Continues to Attract New Customers by Developers Who Leave SUSE/Attachmate | Techrights http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3916&cpage=1#comment-328354 Developers Who Leave SUSE/Attachmate | Techrights Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:58:30 +0000 http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3916#comment-328354 [...] proprietary software [1l, 2] (no new releases) as news is very scarce and Novell/Attachmate PR is done for proprietary VMware, not Linux virtualisation. It is sad to see what happened to Novell, but since it signed a deal [...] [...] proprietary software [1l, 2] (no new releases) as news is very scarce and Novell/Attachmate PR is done for proprietary VMware, not Linux virtualisation. It is sad to see what happened to Novell, but since it signed a deal [...]

]]> Comment on Defining the Next Chapter of Novell: Focus and Commitment by Johnnie Odom http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3907&cpage=1#comment-327375 Johnnie Odom Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:53:48 +0000 http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3907#comment-327375 Bob, I see that you have no comments here, but I know this statement has been widely read. You may want to re-post it in Cool Solutions where the comment culture (and number of eyeballs) is much greater. Johnnie Odom Bob,

I see that you have no comments here, but I know this statement has been widely read. You may want to re-post it in Cool Solutions where the comment culture (and number of eyeballs) is much greater.

Johnnie Odom

]]> Comment on Defining the Next Chapter of Novell: Focus and Commitment by Adel Gorgis http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3907&cpage=1#comment-321856 Adel Gorgis Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:53:43 +0000 http://www.novell.com/prblogs/?p=3907#comment-321856 Mr Bob, Novell editor; I am following your comments and plans regarding Novell future, but most of what I read so far are only promises. Novell customers long waiting for plans and objectives have grounds. Novell has great products, but lack very important factor - 3ed party support. Novell file system is a great one, but still a proprietary product: does not support NAS, lack practical management tools or very expensive management tools, and have very few 3ed party support. Most of the recent SLES patches have killing bugs, and the remedy take for ever (next patch God knows when). Your few customers resisting migrating to new product, and your sales people are not adequate to prove different. I am in Toronto, and you might have your feed back from somewhere else, but in N America, the ground is moving away underneath your feet. Sorry, but I am one of the people who had lived with Novell products for a while and still there. Unfortunately, I do not know for how long I will stay there while Novell is still struggling. Mr Bob, Novell editor;
I am following your comments and plans regarding Novell future, but most of what I read so far are only promises. Novell customers long waiting for plans and objectives have grounds. Novell has great products, but lack very important factor – 3ed party support. Novell file system is a great one, but still a proprietary product: does not support NAS, lack practical management tools or very expensive management tools, and have very few 3ed party support.
Most of the recent SLES patches have killing bugs, and the remedy take for ever (next patch God knows when). Your few customers resisting migrating to new product, and your sales people are not adequate to prove different. I am in Toronto, and you might have your feed back from somewhere else, but in N America, the ground is moving away underneath your feet. Sorry, but I am one of the people who had lived with Novell products for a while and still there. Unfortunately, I do not know for how long I will stay there while Novell is still struggling.

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