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To: Scott C. Lemon who wrote (34518)	10/31/2000 11:43:58 AM
From: Frederick Smart	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42771

Scott..... Apparently there is no end to this circle jerk. You don't understand where I'm coming from and you have me pegged as not understanding where you, Stewart, et. al. are coming from. Everything coming from Frederick Smart gets tossed in this "pack of lies and illusions" box - ie. lies and illusions of my own making that have absolutely nothing to do with reality. So there you have it. The end game of resistance and defense against what we're all completely baffled by. So let's try clearing the deck and speak about something that should be near and dear to all of our hearts: forgiveness. I forgive Stewart Nelson for selfishly acting out and taking those $.10 options. I forgive Stewart Nelson for working too hard to defend the Old guard inside Novell. And I forgive you, Scott Lemon, for defending your and his right to simply "be" and "walk the talk" as you say. But we still are left with a Novell that needs help. Would you agree? And if not, please elaborate as to the reasons why Novell does not need any help from anyone. Please don't misunderstand me Scott. I'm not referring to Frederick Smart's "help." I'm simply referring to a very real need to ENERGY and VISION and EXCITEMENT which Novell needs to become "relevant" once again. This is ALL my entire arguement against Stewart Nelson boils down to. His leadership has been deep-sixed - undercut - by his actions which have transparently revealed to shareholders, employees and others that he's in this for selfish power/control reasons which are not bringing energy, light and passion into reversing this rot, this decline we are in. This is what I "see" and "feel" and you, Stewart, et. al. are entitled to throw this into the trash bin. And you know what? That's completely fine with me. So where does this leave us? Nowhere. For this pattern of separation and defensiveness continues. I don't see any path of light which could bring hope to raise the internal moral problems Novell seems to be facing. And all of these problems can be laid to rest at Stewart Nelson's doorstep. He's the leader. Eric delegated authority and responsibility for him to run these things. I just don't see him as an effective leader. He's protecting and defending more than he's leading. And more fo the folks who could really bring positive change back to Novell seem to be leaving. And the ones who are attracted to stay or work at Novell will, by definition, fit and support this defensive/combative/closed pattern or leave. That's how I see it Scott. I'm puzzled as to what you are defending. It's like watching a guy fighting for the right to defend the right to remain in the bottom of this dark, deep well that's only getting darker and deeper. I don't see you reaching out in the spirit of reconciliation, forgiveness and understanding. It's simply reduced to this "Frederick Smart is the problem" bottom line. Period. I'm glad life has become so easy and efficient to define. I just hope, for your own sake, that you learn to grow out of this bottle you've become very clever at putting others in. Ditto, ditto on all the rest. Other than that I have several songs I could sing to you and others after a long hike to the top of some moutain outside of SLC someday. Perhaps that kind of tonic is needed to bring this dialogue to it's ultimate transformational conclusion. Peace. GO!!