Pro-Novell deception in the press and in blogs. "[Matt Asay] now comes out (yes, once more) to defend Novell’s latest FUD attack on Red Hat. "

Novell has just earned itself a very low position (48th) in the “most influential tech vendors” ladder, which seems very gut feeling-driven. Almost on the very same day came this press release from Novell:

Bits from the press about Novell and virtualisation for the most part. MANY people may not remember this, but Ron Hovsepian admitted giving power to Microsoft in the datacentres. It was part of the deal that Novell should permit Windows to run as a host and SUSE usually be a guest.

When Sun Microsystems announced financial results this week, The VAR Guy had a moment of clarity: Sun is looking more and more like a larger version of Novell. And The VAR Guy means that in a complimentary way. Here’s why.

Novell deceives the press just as the company is imploding, as well as getting much smaller

Novell's weakness and slowdown as shown by this week's press

Novell's very latest financial press release does not tell the whole story, but some journalists are falling for it

Rebuttal to disinformation in the press (regarding Novell and Microsoft).

Motley Fool considers takeovers as an option for Novell