Archive for May, 2009

It wasn’t the best of quarters for Novell, but the company continues to find a way forward with Linux, which grew 25 percent in the most recent quarter.
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Novell says its Linux business is on track to break even … soon.
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Linux Today Blog: “If Linux is so insignificant, why do they pay so much attention to it? Like this new ASUS/Windows Eee PC “It’s Better With Windows” ad campaign:”
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Bryan Glick, Computing , Friday 29 May 2009 at 10:23:00 Revenue falls but profit is slightly up Novell has reported a year-on-year fall in second-quarter revenue, but a small rise in profit as a result of a 25 per cent growth in Linux product sales. The software provider achieved revenue of $216m (£134m), down from $236m in the same period last year. Net income was up to $16m from $6m in 2008. …
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Jamie’s Random Musings: “I have now loaded the new release of Linux Mint on all four of my laptop and netbook computers. It loaded absolutely smoothly on all four of them, including both HP 2133 netbooks, with no problems and no special “tricks” required”
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