Layoffs at Novell

by Sam Dean - Jan. 31, 2009Comments (0)

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Reports came in from the blogsphere earlier this morning concerning layoffs at Novell. The news immediately follows Sun Microsystems' announcement that it is laying off about 18 percent of its employees, which leaves only Red Hat as the major public open source company not to announce layoffs. Matt Asay got the skinny from Novell officials, and apparently the layoffs affect fewer than 100 people. (This post was updated after earlier reports that the layoffs affected many more people.)