Novell's welcome gift for Red Hat

The VAR Guy suggested that Novell should greet Red Hat's "invasion" of Boston next week with a little tea party of sorts. Well, I don't know that Novell has any such intentions in mind - it's a peace-loving company, after all - but I can reveal Novell's welcome banner for Red Hat Summit attendees:

All's fair in love and advertising....

As shown, Novell has hung banners and put 7x7 floor decals in the Prudential Center Mall in Boston. The Hynes Convention Center is connected to the Prudential Center Mall, as are the three main "recommended" hotels for Red Hat Summit.

In other words, anyone attending the Red Hat Summit will see a little SUSE advertising on their way to/from the show each day. Nice touch, Novell. :-)

[douglasdooley]

C'mon, Matt, let Novell die in peace...

SUSE hitting out at Red Hat is about as likely to cause a stir as Salesforce putting up Moscone signs for Oracle OpenWorld: its just not even on their radar...

your defense of your former employer is understandable, but the comment box can be used as a check on rationality for relevance...

[lax552]

For some odd reason, the words 'Mission Accomplished' no longer seem credible...hmmmm
http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/blogs/council/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/6_22_bush_mission_banner1.jpg

[YankeePoodle]

Suse is a direct competition to Redhat and your analogy of oracle vs salesforce, just demonstrates how comical you can be. Suse is hitting out Redhat since a longtime and are actually getting better at it. I hate this torpedo advertising.

[YankeePoodle]

Suse is a direct competition to Redhat and your analogy of oracle vs salesforce, just demonstrates how comical you can be. Suse is hitting out Redhat since a longtime and are actually getting better at it. I hate this torpedo advertising.

[jamesgerber]

That's funny, I just was in the Pru (as us Bostonians call it) the other day and didn't notice. I'll definitely have to look around next time.