Lots of Novell news ranging from SCO and Netware to hardware and people. WHAT a week of pranks it must have been for Novell. Between rumours of an IBM takeover to similar ones involving Microsoft, Novell sure needed a sense of humour. Here is another joke about Novell bidding for Linus Torvalds.

Recently, Novell Inc. has been the beneficiary of generally good news. First, Microsoft gave Novell the nod to write open source extensions to its new System Center, which signals Microsoft’s move toward greater interoperability. This will benefit all open source vendors, but Novell in particular, because these extensions are built on Novell’s ZENworks management software.

Novell is providing funds to a very controversial network that distorts the SCO case, defames its critics, and grossly abuses netiquette

As Novell potentially comes to the end of its last era, another synopsis is presented based on news about its products

This week's bits of analysis and news about Novell's time in court, including a win in California

A variety of Novell news for those who wish to keep up with their latest changes and products (research purposes mostly)

When Novell announced a reorganization this week, The VAR Guy took some time to digest the news. He sipped his latte and mulled Novell’s stated direction. Now, our resident blogger is ready to weigh in with an opinion. Specifically, keep an eye on Novell Senior VP Joe Wagner.

We recently showed how Microsoft is ’stealing’ from Novell’s GroupWise. Is this the company that Novell is serving in so many ways? Why? Has Novell forgotten the past so quickly? Examples from the news of Novell problems and loss of business to Microsoft.

Novell's latest quarterly financial results reinforce the company's biggest challenge: While SUSE Linux sales continue to grow, the rest of the company -- even the security business -- faces falling revenue. Here's the scoop.