Links for November 14th through November 23rd

A little something extra…

I’ve been off in The Lowlands for Devoxx (see foil-hats above) over the past few weeks, and a vacation. Hence the slow content around here.

Slim links today, and we’ll be back after Turkey Time.

The Links

• DevOps is not a technology problem. DevOps is a business problem.
• Bloomberg News was the NetApp Earnings ‘Leaker’ – Deal Journal – WSJ
  Another case of "security by obscurity" not working out.
• Twitter / @Miguel de Icaza: After the Novell acquisiti …
  "After the Novell acquisition, Mono continues as-is, but our paychecks will come from Attachmate instead of Novell."
• Novell: It Was The Best Deal, Says Hovsepian – Tech Trader Daily – Barrons.com
  Several good quotes here, e.g.: 'However, “There is a common buyer in the systems management area, the person who makes the purchasing decision for the operating system, who is the person who also decides on what to use for host connectivity [to mainframe systems], etc.,” observed Hovsepian. “We share a lot of the same customers,” as Attachmate’s CEO Jeff Hawn noted as well.' Also: "Hovsepian says that SUSE has 80% share of IBM (IBM) mainframe computers."
• The End of an Era: Attachmate Acquires Novell
  "What is clear is that the breadth and number of customers ensures that many of the products will live on in an Attachmate universe– if they stay there. For IAM, a world-class directory, provisioning, access management, and SIEM portfolio (among other elements) will continue for its customers, though you may expect some delays in feature updates while organization, product engineering and product management concerns within Attachmate are worked out. Of course, I thought that way with many of Sun’s solutions until they were acquired by Oracle. But this is not an aquisition that has such broad product overlaps. It affords Novell products a greater chance at survival."
• Attachmate acquires Novell for $2.2 billion
• HP gets Apotheker era off to good start; Earnings, outlook strong
  Nice pie-charts.
• What's the Value of Industry Analysts? Unfortunately, Great.
• MindTouch Announces a Pre-packaged Enterprise Wiki Virtual Appliance for SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell | Business Wire
• Dorothy Hewitt of Dot's Place restaurant dies
  "Some of Hewitt's restaurant favorites included meatloaf, chicken and dumplings, and beef tips and rice."
• Meet the New Enterprise Customer, He’s a Lot Like the Old Enterprise Customer // ben's blog
• Nitobi Launches PhoneGap Build in Beta, Makes Compiling Mobile Apps for Multiple Platforms Easy
• Apache strikes back in Oracle Java standoff • The Register
• Update: Facebook Takes Aim At Google Gmail
  "The gist of the announcement is that Facebook will be rolling out seamless messaging that keeps a conversation history whether you’re talking over SMS, instant message, e-mail, and Facebook messages."
• A “Secret” Subway Stop – Yahoo! News

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