● 12.06.06

●● Does Novell Tweak Linux Figures to Hide the Bigger Picture?

Posted in Deception, Finance, Novell at 11:07 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

The respectable Matthew Aslett, who is a Linux and Open Source advocate, certainly thinks so.

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Dear Novell, please stop messing about with your Linux revenue figures. Thanks.

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How can $13m be 32% more than $15m? What is the difference between “Linux platform products” and “Linux products and services”? I don’t know, but it is high time Novell stopped moving the goal posts and reported consistent figures for its Linux business.

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1Q06 $56m “Open Platform Solutions” (including $43m Open Enterprise Server and $13m “Linux Platform Products and other open source products”

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2Q06 $57m “Open Platform Solutions” (including $38m Open Enterprise Server and $10m “Linux Platform Products”

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3Q06 $12m “Linux Platform Products”

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4Q06 $13m “Linux Platform Products”

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This looks pretty grim. In fact, it is also as grim as Microsoft’s attempt to hide reality using a $36 billion buyback, which gradually inflates the value of the stock.

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