Journal Journal: First story accepted today! 1
Now, I must clarify my position regarding my post. There has been comments to the fact that I was posting in a rather trollish manner. Let me set the record straight on the matter. I like Novell, for obvious (to me) reasons. Novell has some of the best technology from some of the most intelligent architects and talented engineers. These guys can create pretty sweet stuff like eDirectory, DirXML and NMAS. I have no gripe with the engineers, they're not destroying Novell.
My gripe is with those who make decisions for Novell. For years Novell has either created or aquired kick-butt tech, just to have that tech wither and die for "political" reasons. I cannot imagine that the same technical marvels that I previously described could simultaneously destroy other tech, so the management is now suspect.
Now, word has eminated from the Big Red N that things are different. Mr. Jack Messman and Mr. Chris Stone have told everyone that they have Novell's future at heart and do not plan to build their golden parachutes and jump at the first possible moment. I hope this is true, and so far they seem to be true to their word. Time will tell, but slowly hope is being restored.
So, while I may be bitter toward the suffering caused by Novell in the past, I am starting to see positive results with the current leadership. But then, I thought I saw the same thing with Dr. Eric Schmidt.
If I were to have a deciding stake in Novell, I would really like to see the OSS culture become the standard for engineering. My hope is that Miguel, the Ximian and the Suse crews can help lead Novell to the light. Not necessarily as a pure OSS shop, but allow the engineers to drive the technology and not the political manoeuvrings of the upper managment.
So, in the final analysis, I like Novell, but I am yet to trust them to treat projects like Ximian with due respect. Yet, I haven't given up on Novell to change it's iniquitous ways and make us all proud.
