Novell's CMO John Dragoon published this article in Forbes, so his subordinates promoted it in Novell's PR blog and his personal professional blog too. It was about "open source". Also mentioned in Tectonic was Novell's IDG "study" that we last mentioned in this post.

Novell Drops Another Event and Loses Major Contract with City of Los Angeles

There is no substantial news here other than development of discussions, which seem to spread fairly fast from one blog to another blog and soon onto the press. To repeat criticisms from yesterday about Novell’s announcement on China [1, 2], Novell and Microsoft keep spreading software patents to all parts of the world (never mind the legality), using SUSE Linux (Ballnux).

This week the Los Angeles city council voted to move forward with a proposal to replace the City's existing e-mail and productivity solutions with cloud-based e-mail, calendaring and document services from Google.

With the Los Angeles decision made final, Novell resorts to cheap shots and excuses to defend its proprietary software

I stumbled onto this blog post earlier today - from dkpw's Wikedfire - explaining how you can potentially install Novell's GroupWise on Ubuntu. Novell doesn't support GroupWise on Ubuntu. So, do dkpw's step-by-step directions work?

Google emerges victorious in Los Angeles, where Microsoft and Novell get dumped and payments for Google are partly covered by Microsoft compensation

Capgemini and Novell today announced a broad partnership that will deliver new solutions to enterprise customers using a combination of open source and proprietary software.

Once again, the buzz has grown surrounding rumors that Novell may soon be snapped up in a buyout. As many as 20 companies may have registered bids for the company, according to the Wall Street Journal. Matt Asay notes that an auction of the company could become a patent troll bonanza, and I have to agree. Let's remember that Novell is no spring chicken.