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Novell vows to keep fighting Microsoft 'juggernaut'
SYDNEY, Australia--Novell will continue its march against Microsoft
and the Vista operating system despite a recent alliance with the
software giant.
"We're excited by the muted reaction to Vista," Ron Hovsepian, Novell's
chief executive, told the media at a meeting here Thursday. "We're going to attack (Microsoft) vigorously and go after their footprint as much as we can."
Microsoft's Vista was five years in the making, so the code behind it
is very complex, Hovsepian said, whereas open source is more nimble and
flexible. "And we have got to take advantage of that."
Despite Novell's commitment to attack the market on its own terms, Hovsepian acknowledges that there are benefits to its alliance with the software giant. The two companies signed the pact in November and fleshed out details of it this week.
The reality is you can't escape the "Microsoft juggernaut" in the
marketplace, so you have to work with them to get your foot in the
door, Hovsepian said. When you talk to customers, he said, most will
say "I hate Microsoft." Yet those same customers say 60 percent of
their servers run on Windows--not Linux, which Novell backs.
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Posted by linuxwiz on Friday, February 16 2007 @ 10:57:24 EST (634 reads)
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Novell Says In Court Filing That SCO Owes It Millions
Novell delivered a roundhouse punch to SCO in their dispute over who owns the copyright to Unix.
Novell filed court papers Monday saying SCO received nearly $26 million in Unix
System V license fees from Microsoft and Sun Microsystems. But,
contrary to its 1995 Asset Purchase Agreement with Novell, SCO has
failed to pass them on to Novell.
Novell says the agreement states it is entitled to 100% of the
fees, according to a motion for partial summary judgment or preliminary
injunction filed by Novell lawyers in the U.S. District Court in Salt
Lake City.
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Posted by linuxwiz on Wednesday, January 10 2007 @ 10:31:40 EST (444 reads)
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Stafford Masie: Novell Will Be GPL3 Compliant
Stafford Masie, Novell South Africa country manager, assured attendees
of the CITI forum that "we (Novell) will be GPLv3 compliant, trust me",
including changing the Microsoft-Novell deal if necessary, and they
will "do what's right".
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Posted by linuxwiz on Wednesday, December 27 2006 @ 00:07:01 EST (243 reads)
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Why Microsoft/Novell is good for Linux
Being aware, as I am, of Microsoft's monopolisation endeavours,
coupled with working in a Linux world inherently mistrustful of the
software giant, it may seem strange that I believe the Microsoft/Novell agreement will be great for Linux. But I do.
Why? Interoperability between Microsoft and Linux has been one the
greatest challenges for software publishers and system integrators in
the Linux world. The Microsoft/Novell agreement will no doubt help to
bridge the gap and make it easier for software buyers to run both
Windows and Linux-based systems. But it is not only integration — vital
though it is — that I believe will propel Linux further into the
mainstream. It is Microsoft's endorsement of Linux, their yielding 'if
we can't beat them, join them' attitude that floods Linux in limelight.
The market's gaze has never been so drawn to Linux and now is our time
to stand and be counted.
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Posted by linuxwiz on Wednesday, December 20 2006 @ 17:34:15 EST (427 reads)
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Hell: Frozen Over
In an announcement many thought they would see only after hell froze over,
bitter rivals Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. recently signed a peace agreement
that lays the foundation for Windows and Linux and their respective applications
to work smoothly together. Under terms of the deal, Microsoft will offer its
corporate customers a chance to license its Windows operating system as part
of a package offering maintenance and support for Novell's SuSE Linux operating
system.
"They said it couldn't be done," says Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
"This is a new model and a true evolution of our relationship that we think
customers will immediately find compelling because it delivers practical value
by bringing two of their most important platform investments closer together."
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Posted by linuxwiz on Monday, December 18 2006 @ 12:39:46 EST (439 reads)
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Novell: in it for the interop, not the money
A jointly sponsored Microsoft and Novell survey purporting strong
customer support for the companies’ controversial alliance looks like
back firing on Novell.
While the poll of 201 IT executives with “significant” purchasing
power found near unanimous support for interoperability between Linux
and Windows, relatively few said they’d actually pick Novell’s SuSE
Linux Server (SLES) as a result of the deal.
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Posted by linuxwiz on Wednesday, December 13 2006 @ 17:18:25 EST (448 reads)
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Microsoft-Novell survey gives their deal a thumbs-up
Microsoft and Novell on Tuesday published results from a jointly
commissioned survey that asserts the two companies' high-profile
agreement will drive customers away from joint rival Red Hat.
Communications firm Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates,
which has been doing research for Microsoft for eight years, conducted
201 interviews with IT professionals to garner opinions on vendor
partnerships and interoperability between Windows and Linux.
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Posted by linuxwiz on Tuesday, December 12 2006 @ 14:49:22 EST (399 reads)
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Microsoft claims customer mandate for Novell Linux deal
Microsoft today claimed that there is "strong customer support" for its
recent alliance with Novell.
The Redmond giant said that a survey of IT decision makers it commissioned
from market research firm Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates shows
overwhelming support for the deal. Nearly all respondents were said to want to
improve Windows/Linux interoperability and have tools that make it easier to
manage mixed Windows and Linux environments.
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Posted by linuxwiz on Tuesday, December 12 2006 @ 07:34:58 EST (603 reads)
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Microsoft deal good for Linux - Novell SA chief
More Linux companies should look at striking a
deal with Microsoft. This is the line from Novell SA country manager
Stafford Masie who was speaking at the CITI Foss Forum in Cape Town last week.
"This deal is not an exclusive arrangement with Microsoft. We are
encouraging Redhat, Ubuntu and others to consider a similar agreement
with Microsoft. We are encouraging them ... especially from a patent
perspective," said Masie.
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Posted by linuxwiz on Monday, December 11 2006 @ 06:31:01 EST (474 reads)
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Microsoft, Novell ensure Linux, Windows compatibility
Early this month, Microsoft
and Novell both announced an agreement that will ensure
interoperability between Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise with
Microsoft's Windows operating system.
Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will officially recommend
SUSE Linux to their customers who want a mixed environment of Windows
and Linux solutions. They will also distribute coupons for SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server maintenance and support to Microsoft's customers.
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Posted by linuxwiz on Monday, November 27 2006 @ 19:25:09 EST (217 reads)
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'Windows scores over Linux in ownership cost'
A Frost & Sullivan study
commissioned by Microsoft on the total cost of ownership (TCO) of IT
assets has revealed that Microsoft Windows 2003 environment across
enterprises scores over Linux.
MS
Windows 2003 has close to 15.9% advantage over Linux and constitutes
lower TCO in 80% of the instances encompassing application servers,
network servers and mail servers.
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Posted by linuxwiz on Monday, November 27 2006 @ 16:24:04 EST (220 reads)
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Microsoft denies sinking Linux project (Windows XP is suddenly cheaper)
SOFTWARE GIANT Microsoft has denied slashing the price of Windows XP in a bid to get Birmingham City Council to drop its Linux project.
Brummy Birmingham had planned to roll out 1,500 Linux PCs in its
libraries, but in the end converted just 200 PCs. Apparently it
'suddenly found out' that Windows XP was cheaper than the free open
sauce software.
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Posted by linuxwiz on Friday, November 24 2006 @ 16:38:03 EST (224 reads)
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Old Articles
| Monday, December 11 2006 @ 07:31:01 EST | | · | Microsoft deal good for Linux - Novell SA chief |
| Monday, November 27 2006 @ 20:25:09 EST | | · | Microsoft, Novell ensure Linux, Windows compatibility |
| Monday, November 27 2006 @ 17:24:04 EST | | · | 'Windows scores over Linux in ownership cost' |
| Friday, November 24 2006 @ 17:38:03 EST | | · | Microsoft denies sinking Linux project (Windows XP is suddenly cheaper) |
| Friday, November 17 2006 @ 11:48:03 EST | | · | Ballmer: Linux users owe Microsoft |
| Wednesday, January 18 2006 @ 07:01:12 EST | | · | Microsoft's Linux lab works on Open-Source interoperability |
| Tuesday, January 17 2006 @ 06:26:55 EST | | · | SCO now shipping MySQL network with OpenServer |
| Sunday, January 08 2006 @ 13:45:14 EST | | · | Winning the Linux Wars |
| Saturday, November 26 2005 @ 05:38:06 EST | | · | Linux is Doomed, Thanks to Microsoft |
| Friday, November 25 2005 @ 19:05:01 EST | | · | Microsoft: Linux is anti-commercial |
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