Comment From Novell
Talkback This is Bruce Lowry in Novell's PR department. Hi: Your headline is a bit alarmist, and I'd argue the the gist of the article is off keel. To try to suggest we're making a about-face on TCO arguments on LInux is just wrong.
[March 15, 2007, 19:26]
Microsoft Offers NetWare Users $15,000 To Switch
News They painted that target sometime back," said Novell spokesman Bruce Lowry. Lowry said Novell is trying to quell fears that NetWare has no future. You can buy this product and you get the NetWare that you know and love but you also get Linux...
[November 16, 2004, 17:15]
Novell Vows To Use Its Patents To Defend Open-source
News We would consider it," Novell spokesman Bruce Lowry said of defending a third party. Lowry said. Novell has patents in technology for operating systems, word processing software, directory software and other areas, Lowry said.
[October 13, 2004, 9:20]
Novell Buys SuSE Linux
News Novell vice chairman Chris Stone and chief technology officer Alan Nugent will oversee the Linux work, spokesman Bruce Lowry said. We expect many SuSE executives will remain and continue their work with SuSE Linux as a part of the Novell management...
[November 4, 2003, 12:45]
Novell To Share Details Of Microsoft Pact
News Novell plans to reveal the details in conjunction with filing its upcoming annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), spokesman Bruce Lowry said on Wednesday at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco.
[May 24, 2007, 10:45]
Novell In Linux Security Buy
News It has under 20 employees, chiefly developers who focus on security work, said Novell spokesman Bruce Lowry. AppArmor works on Linux products using the 2.6 kernel, but Novell will support it only on its SuSE Linux Enterprise Server product, Lowry...
[May 11, 2005, 10:55]
Critics Pour Scorn On Ballmer Patent 'FUD'
News The intellectual property risks associated with open-source software are really no greater than those with proprietary software and so far, nobody has filed any patent claims against open source," said Bruce Lowry, Novell spokesperson.
[November 18, 2004, 16:55]
Novell Announces European Layoffs
News Ron Hovsepian, promoted in May to executive vice-president of worldwide field operations, implemented that earlier phase and now is working on the European changes, said spokesman Bruce Lowry. The restructuring in the United States was geared to...
[August 3, 2005, 9:40]
Samba Leader Quits Novell Over Microsoft Deal
News Novell spokesman Bruce Lowry declined to comment on Allison's views, but said the company still employs two Samba programmers. We wish him the best," Lowry said. Jeremy Allison, a high-profile open-source programmer, has resigned from Novell...
[December 22, 2006, 7:40]
Novell Merges Linux Tech Into New Product
News Novell spokesman Bruce Lowry cautioned on Friday that may not be the final name. Novell plans to release its new corporate version of Linux for desktop computers this autumn, merging technology from two Linux specialists it acquired.
[August 9, 2004, 11:30]
SuSE Founder Walks Out Of Novell
News The move won't affect Novell, spokesman Bruce Lowry said. SuSE co-founder and kernel team member Hubert Mantel has resigned from Novell, the server software company that acquired the German Linux company in 2004.
[November 10, 2005, 8:25]
Linux Salesman Defects To Microsoft
News Aigner left SuSE in late 2003, said Novell spokesman Bruce Lowry. Microsoft has hired one of its worst enemies, the SuSE Linux salesman whose efforts led the city of Munich to adopt Linux and open-source software instead of Microsoft's products.
[April 21, 2004, 8:50]
GPL Clamps Down On Patent Deals
News If the final version of the GPLv3 does potentially impact the agreement we have with Microsoft, we'll address that with Microsoft," Novell spokesman Bruce Lowry said. The third draft of General Public License version 3 includes provisions to...
[March 29, 2007, 9:18]
Novell Reports Healthy Results
News The $448m was what remained of a $536m settlement of an antitrust suit against Microsoft after legal expenses and taxes had been subtracted, spokesman Bruce Lowry said. Novell, which is transplanting Linux into the core of its software product line...
[February 23, 2005, 8:35]
Suse Linux Gives Proprietary Modules The Boot
News With SLES 10, Novell kicked out some proprietary drivers, including one for ATI video cards, LSI Logic storage systems, some software-based modems, and ISDN networking equipment from AVM, spokesman Bruce Lowry said.
[August 1, 2006, 16:15]
Does Microsoft's Novell Pact Mean War On Linux?
News This deal actually removes patent concerns for customers wanting to use Linux," said spokesman Bruce Lowry. But did the company in fact just declare a patent war with the open-source realm? Microsoft and Novell announced the deal, under which...
[November 6, 2006, 8:57]
Businesses Consider 'hacking Insurance'
News The biggest possible loss in any of these cases is almost always due to third-party liability," said Keith Lowry, director of security auditing and investigations for Pilot Network Services After February's high-profile denial-of-service attacks...
[July 10, 2000, 13:02]
Novell Boosts Legal Team With Litigation Expert
News UPDATE: Following publication of this article, Novell's head of public relations, Bruce Lowry, contacted ZDNet.co.uk. Lowry said that Acker will assist with the trial work in the SCO versus Novell case and that "this isn't focused on Microsoft at...
[August 6, 2007, 13:16]
