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["Geir A. Myrestrand" <geir.myrestrand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Canar wrote:
> John Andersen wrote:
> > On Friday 01 December 2006 03:44, James Tremblay wrote:
> >  
> > > Ron is my kinda guy, as this quote from him proves he knows just how
> > > tight a rope he has to walk.
> > >
> > > "As for allegations that Novell has intentionally or naively entered a
> > > deal with the devil, Hovsepian was candid in his remarks: "We've been
> > > competing with Microsoft for 20 years. We didn't just get stupid
> > > overnight."
> > >     
> >
> >
> > So this "WE" he refers to has little to do with Novell.  I wager, 
> > given the changes at Novell over time, there are very few people who 
> > have been there
> > 20 years who are still in upper management.
> >
> >
> >   
> But he was 17 years with IBM, which didn't have a pleasant experience 
> with Microsoft over OS/2.
>
> I liked what Ron said.
>
> David.

I interpreted it as him saying that stupidity is something they have 
accumulated over 20 years...sort of reaching an all time high with this 
agreement... ;-)

Please turn off your flame-throwers, I don't mean to say anything 
negative about Ron or Novell. I just interpreted it in a way that made 
the statement sound quite funny IMO...

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Geir A. Myrestrand
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