On the recent CC, Mr.Messman mentioned that Novell's business is better than the what is shown on the booked revenue and deferred revenue (rather lackluster number, BTW). Novell's Linux business is better than the industry trend.

I understand his explanation that for a multi year contract, the potential revenue beyond the invoice period, usually 12 month, is not recognized nor reported; they sit more in an off balance sheet.

Can you provide a line item or footnote to denote what is the amount of this not yet recognized revenue? This information is useful for the shareholders and analyst, to gauge the progress of Novell. Otherwise, all the great things going on in the Linux and OpenSource world is meaningless.

Thanks and my apology; I should have follow that with your IR folks, but your IR has not been very responsive.

Thanks for providing this Open PR; it has been very helpful to read about the happening in the world of Linux and Open Source