Novell's attempt to defend itself from negative publicity does not go down well

In response to the news this week that the city of Los Angeles is going Googlefied with a $7.25 million, five-year deal to adopt Gmail, Google Calendar and other applications, Novell's blog has an interesting rebuttal. Of course, the reason for the city's switch to Google's corner of the cloud is to save money that it would otherwise spend on expensive software licenses, and it will save.

Novell asks the Appeals Court for a stay pending filing a petition for a writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court

Novell parrots Microsoft-sponsored cheerleading of Vista 7

Novell Threat Assessment Tool is marketed through fear; other small bits from the news

According to a self-administered survey, Enterprises are still at risk from common security 'gaps.' Novell today released the first summary of data from its Threat Assessment Tool and the view isn't pretty. The results show that "many enterprises are still highly vulnerable to preventable security threats.

The same three appeals court judges who decided to send the copyright ownership issue in SCO v. Novell back to Utah for a jury trial, including the now-retired Judge McConnell, have denied the Novell petition for rehearing.

The FSFE's president writes about Mono and Novell's former employee writes about Novell versus gratis