Comments on: Where’s Open Source At National Retail Federation Convention? http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/01/13/wheres-open-source-at-national-retail-federation-show/ What's Next In the IT Channel Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:50:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: The VAR Guy http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/01/13/wheres-open-source-at-national-retail-federation-show/comment-page-1/#comment-91440 The VAR Guy Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:17:26 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/01/13/wheres-open-source-at-national-retail-federation-show/#comment-91440 Guy Carbonneau: So, um did you actually read that definitive ChannelInsider "research?" It's slightly misleading. The list contains IT companies that people expect to get acquired in 2009. Novell has been on that type of list ever since NetWare tanked in the mid-1990s. Plus, Symantec -- a very strong, financially healthy company -- is on that list. Suggesting a company may get acquired is one thing. Saying a company "may not survive 2009" and then switching the discussion to M&A is a bit of a stretch. The company name may not survive upon acquisition, but the products and solutions go forward... Does anyone really believe that SUSE Linux is going away? Symantec Backup Exec? Sun MySQL? The VAR Guy thinks not. Guy Carbonneau: So, um did you actually read that definitive ChannelInsider “research?” It’s slightly misleading. The list contains IT companies that people expect to get acquired in 2009. Novell has been on that type of list ever since NetWare tanked in the mid-1990s. Plus, Symantec — a very strong, financially healthy company — is on that list.

Suggesting a company may get acquired is one thing. Saying a company “may not survive 2009″ and then switching the discussion to M&A is a bit of a stretch. The company name may not survive upon acquisition, but the products and solutions go forward…

Does anyone really believe that SUSE Linux is going away? Symantec Backup Exec? Sun MySQL? The VAR Guy thinks not.

]]> By: guy carbonneau http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/01/13/wheres-open-source-at-national-retail-federation-show/comment-page-1/#comment-91438 guy carbonneau Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:09:33 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/01/13/wheres-open-source-at-national-retail-federation-show/#comment-91438 >I never knew Novell had a POS Linux. Were they going to tell >anyone about it? They have to ask Microsoft's permission first probably ;-) Anyways, it looks like solution providers dont think much of Novell's present or future. The people surveyed weren't bloggers or commenters on blogs who you can easily dismiss but people in the industry so while it is fluffy a bit, it does give an interesting insight of how people in the industry see them: <a href="http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/News/Dire-Predictions-Tech-Vendors-That-May-Not-Survive-2009/" rel="nofollow">Here's the info from ChannelInsider</a>. >I never knew Novell had a POS Linux. Were they going to tell >anyone about it?

They have to ask Microsoft’s permission first probably ;-)

Anyways, it looks like solution providers dont think much of Novell’s present or future.

The people surveyed weren’t bloggers or commenters on blogs who you can easily dismiss but people in the industry so while it is fluffy a bit, it does give an interesting insight of how people in the industry see them: Here’s the info from ChannelInsider.

]]> By: Craig (Not Newmark) http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/01/13/wheres-open-source-at-national-retail-federation-show/comment-page-1/#comment-91436 Craig (Not Newmark) Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:20:56 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/01/13/wheres-open-source-at-national-retail-federation-show/#comment-91436 I never knew Novell had a POS Linux. Were they going to tell anyone about it? I never knew Novell had a POS Linux. Were they going to tell anyone about it?

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