Novell openSUSE: Development Ebbing?
Last week Novell announced a layoff of almost 100 employees "in response to the global economic downturn," without any further details. New information now brings into question the software house's commitment to openSUSE.
The official statement from Novell is that the U.S. firm will lay off less than 3% of its workforce, reserving further details about areas or locations affected because of stockholder commitments. Despite rumors to the contrary, the company claims that its "SUSE, Linux and Open Source" areas will not be affected. In fact, it wants to work more closely with the community, developers and partners.
Some sources, however, paint a slightly different picture. Of the 160 openSUSE workers, around 30 (or 20%) were affected by the layoff.
Novell does not want either to confirm or deny any cuts in the popular Linux distro's development and still defers to last week's announcement. Financial results are expected February 26.
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Novell openSUSE: Development Ebbing?
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