Novell layoffs rumored to be in the works
Word on the street is that Novell will be laying off 50-60% of its Workgroup division this month, likely toward the middle. This is not surprising given that division's lackluster results, but the rumor mill suggests that Workgroup isn't the only business unit that will be affected.
I'm no fan of Novell, but I hate layoffs. I'm sincerely sorry to see this happening. The good news, however, is that there are much better companies to work for out there. Like all of them. :-)
Just ask Greg Collier. He left Novell a year or two ago to join Mozy/Berkley Data Systems, which was bought by EMC recently. Or Chris Stone, now CEO of Streamserve. Or John Vigeant who left Novell and joined XenSource (you know what happened next). Or Charlie Martin who is now sitting at MuleSource. Chris Cooper (my old boss) left to be a VC with UV Partners. Bill Mason went to Red Hat and is now at Zmanda. Etc.
Life won't end for these people. It will actually begin. I'm happy to introduce you to good open-source startups. There are plenty, and they need good people. Novell shedding bodies won't turn the company around. Shedding its legacy just might.
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The fair market value of these organs is anywhere from $25K for obese smokers, to $60K for young, non-smokers with desirable genetics. Insiders at Novell reported they expect to gain $7M from the sale of the organs alone.
Sources from the Fairfield indicate that "We rent out about 5 rooms a day for Novell's their organ harvesting program. But in mid October we expect that to grow to 10 - 20 rooms a day for the next couple weeks. We even added a new ice machine on the 2nd floor."
I thought you were going to give Novell a shot, obviously not. You just can't get away from the Microsoft deal and it clouds your judgement. You have such a bias against Novell that no matter what they do, it isn't good enough. I'm truly sorry you weren't fired when you wanted to leave Novell and that they made you work.
You must need some good play on the Groklaw newspicks so everyone will think Novell is going under and all the Open Source zealots will come out of the woodwork to praise you and your insightfulness.
Novell is a sinking ship.
who's CEO's will burn in hell