Comments on: Major layoffs expected at Novell

Server software company could cut 1,000 or more jobs in attempt to restore its financial strength.

[System Tyrant]

Novell User.

I think that Novell is doing what it seams they have always done. Buy up something and then nobody know what to do with it.

I think Novell is a great company that sells great products, but I think they are burning the candle at both ends at the moment. I would like to see them make groupwise easier to install, setup, and manage. I would also like to see them port the Evolution e-mail client over to Windows.

One thing I hope they are working on is a better patch management system for Netware products and Linux products. Thier are a lot of improvements that need to be done at Novell. I just hope they are able to make those improvements without sacrificing the quality I have come to expect from Novell.

[heystoopid]

The usual CEO Ha ha pink slip!

Blame the workers for stupid cheap harvard style business mismanagement decisions which fail to work nine times out of ten due to failing to program for any future past 12 months. Better, than fair odds, both the Novell Board Chairman and the CEO, will be paying themselves super large bonuses, for making these hard decisions signing the pink slips, and in less than 18 months, employment levels will undoubtedly increase(the Hamburg Linux Conversion Contract will require major staffing increases to allow for it's successful conclusion to end dependence on closed buggy/poor security MS$ non comforming document standardisation computer software) The Standard Prime Pradagim in use by all merchant banking guru's is maximum profits and returns and zero fund expenditure for long term planning on any project which does not yield a minimum 100% return past 12 months, thus all employees are to be considered as unfunded expendables! But then again who generates these corporate profits, for it ain't the CEO or these merchant banking guru's is it! Many past examples exist on how they failed in due diligence to warn the public of impending corporate implosions, and self destruction, from internal CEO theft and deception, like ENRON, or the more recent CHAPTER 11 filing at DELTA AIRLINES. Curiously, these banking guru's are very quiet these days, about the key fundamentals required to maintain, operate and generate all company income! Did they say anything, when a major accounting firm KPMG(ERNST YOUNG were just as duplicitous as well at that time),was knowingly, from 1996 until 2002, willingly and wilfully filing false corporate and personal tax returns to deliberately and mechanically avoid legitimate tax payments due! So what do they really know??????????? Trust me we know what we are saying, and will always never admit to infallibility, zero management or people skills or for failing to appraise the real situation in corporations like ENRON, PARMALAT(a european dairy products company in a version supprisingly similar to ENRON in a number of aspects) or Delta Airlines!!!!! Ha Ha, believe us and you will also believe any propaganda, released by the media cartels, that purports to be news these days!

Get rid ot the Management Team from CTP

Instead of laying people off, which is the solution for all CEOs maybe they should take a look at the processes, they are not efficient. The easy way out for these individuals is always laying people off, if the company has to lays off personnel to better their financial situation, how about cutting the exorbitant bonuses that jack and friends receive. If there is no profits, no bonus period!!! They don't care if they only recieve a 1 million bonus instead of 5, why not make them feel the pain.... Bring back Eric and Chris, they cared about the company!!!

[ann_outsider]

Eric & Chris.... are you kidding?!

Eric & Chris had their own agendas which had nothing to do with quality and the customer. They both wanted to provide to the public what they wanted. At least Jack and team are pushing to deliver to the customer what they want. The biggest problem Novell has had over its history is that they thought if they built the best technology the world would beat a path to their door. The reality is that if you build the best of what the customer wants... the world will beat a path to your door. That is what Jack & team are doing. By the way, you might want to find out what messes both Eric & Chris left for others to clean up before pronouncing them as the saviors of Novell. Jack might not be a charismatic man, but he damn well knows business and how to make a company successful. Now that he has a top team GLOBAL team, you will finally see Novell execute on the their plan.