Stories by: Don Tennant

Perhaps you've read about the lawsuit filed against storage giant EMC by two of its former employees, charging the company with engaging in sexual misconduct and gender bias.

If Michael Dell was wondering what would come next, now he knows. This time, it's a lawsuit brought against Dell by New York Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo, who's claiming the vendor engaged in false advertising and deceptive business practices as a means of boosting profits on PC sales.

The landmark technology collaboration agreement between Microsoft and Novell that was announced earlier this month took a controversial twist when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer later proclaimed that Linux customers have "an undisclosed balance sheet liability" because Linux "uses our intellectual property." Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian provided his views on the ensuing controversy, along with a behind-the-scenes account of how the agreement was reached, in an interview Tuesday with Don Tennant.

If the rumblings of the attendees at Storage Networking World conference are any indication, the IT community -- users and vendors alike -- is so desperate for alternatives that exploring them has become something of a professional lifestyle.

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It was only a matter of time before AMD filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel, alleging that its nemesis for years has engaged in anticompetitive practices that bullied hardware vendors into shunning AMD's processors.

It was only a matter of time before Advanced Micro Devices filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel, alleging that its nemesis for years has engaged in anticompetitive practices that bullied hardware vendors into shunning AMD's processors. Dare to use AMD processors, and you'll pay dearly by losing those sweet pricing deals.

At Novell's BrainShare user and partner conference, Chairman and CEO Jack Messman Monday announced that Linux would serve as the migration path for the company's flagship NetWare network operating system. Shortly after making that announcement, Messman spoke about the decision to adopt Linux even though he considers it to be an immature operating system.

The Net appliance collaboration with Compaq, which Oracle CEO Larry Ellison announced earlier this week at Comdex 2000, stands to compete squarely against another Ellison-backed venture.

When Lotus Development president and chief executive officer Jeff Papows announced last month that he would resign from Lotus as of February 1, industry speculation was rife about the reasons for his decision and the impact his leaving will have on the IBM subsidiary. On the opening day of the annual Lotusphere conference in Florida, Papows met with Don Tennant for an in-depth discussion of his decision to leave Lotus; his feelings about his designated successor, IBM veteran Al Zollar, and his plans for the future