NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DAVE KEARNS ON NOVELL NETWARE TIPS 11/18/04 Today's focus: Novell swaps an old suit for a new one
Dear [EMAIL PROTECTED], In this issue: * Novell plans to file anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft over ��WorldPerfect * Links related to Novell NetWare Tips * Featured reader resource _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored By BMC Software Linking IT Priorities to Business Objectives, an IDC whitepaper. Get insights from IDC on aligning business goals and IT priorities. IDC offers practical, actionable information on how Business Service Management can help you reduce operating costs, improve service levels, respond faster to business needs and protect delivery of business-critical. Click here to download this whitepaper now. http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=88333 _______________________________________________________________ DOWNLOAD INDUSTRY WHITE PAPERS NOW NW Fusion's White Paper Library is your source for the latest industry white papers. Recent additions to the library include white papers on WLAN Security; IT Documentation; protecting the internal network from worms, Trojan horses, and other malware threats; measuring employee productivity and more. Click here to download: http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=88311 _______________________________________________________________ Today's focus: Novell swaps an old suit for a new one By Dave Kearns Hard on the heels of Novell Vice Chairman Chris Stone's resignation came word that Microsoft was paying Novell $536 million to settle an anti-trust action related to Novell's former NDS for Windows NT products. Some observers think there might be a connection. After accepting the payment, Novell withdrew its support from the European Union's anti-trust action against the Redmond monopolist. But some conspiracy theorists (and the Linux community seems to have even more of those than the state of Montana) began rumor mongering that Novell sacked Stone at Bill Gates' request and snagged a bunch of money in the process. While it's true Stone was the lead evangelist for Novell's move into open source (and, thus, probably anathema to Microsoft), it is Novell Chairman and CEO Jack Messman himself who is frequently quoted as a champion of the open source way - and he isn't leaving the Waltham, Mass., company just yet. What intrigued me about the settlement with Microsoft was the suit that didn't get settled. Novell said it planned to file a new anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft tied to decade-old competitive practices involving Novell's WordPerfect word processing software. Novell reportedly had Redmond dead to rights on the NDS for NT issue, including a "smoking gun" quote from the former head of the networking group for Windows NT, who had warned Novell that if it proceeded, Microsoft would break the product. The WordPerfect story, though, is different. Novell is charging that Redmond manipulated Windows in order to give an advantage to its own Microsoft Office package of office productivity software while disadvantaging Novell's WordPerfect Office suite. Microsoft settled the NDS for NT suit (in my opinion) because the company couldn't easily defend itself. Microsoft refused to settle the WordPerfect suit, though, because in that case it's Novell that will have the difficult time proving its case. Difficult because Microsoft didn't bring about the downfall of WordPerfect (except indirectly, by providing an alternative) which, in turn, allowed Novell to buy the company. WordPerfect was done in by its own faulty decisions, a situation which also seemed to survive the company and accompany the product as it went from hand to hand - first to Novell and then to Corel. Come back next time and we'll look at that fascinating, but fatally flawed, journey. RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS Novell bets on Linux desktop suite Network World, 11/15/04 http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/111504-novell-linux.html _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Dave Kearns Dave Kearns is a writer and consultant in Silicon Valley. He's written a number of books including the (sadly) now out of print "Peter Norton's Complete Guide to Networks." His musings can be found at Virtual Quill <http://www.vquill.com/>. Kearns is the author of three Network World Newsletters: Windows Networking Tips, Novell NetWare Tips, and Identity Management. Comments about these newsletters should be sent to him at these respective addresses: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Kearns provides content services to network vendors: books, manuals, white papers, lectures and seminars, marketing, technical marketing and support documents. Virtual Quill provides "words to sell by..." Find out more by e-mail at <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored By BMC Software Linking IT Priorities to Business Objectives, an IDC whitepaper. Get insights from IDC on aligning business goals and IT priorities. IDC offers practical, actionable information on how Business Service Management can help you reduce operating costs, improve service levels, respond faster to business needs and protect delivery of business-critical. 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