Novell Moves On Linux by Tamina Vahidy, Line56 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Friday, August 05, 2005*
Novell, which became a Linux player with the acquisition of SUSE<http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?NewsID=5127>several quarters ago, has made a number of related moves indicating its intention to pursue the business market for Linux. Firstly, Novell took a more aggressive stance<http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?NewsID=6769>in the ongoing intellectual property (IP) legal disputes <http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?NewsID=6342> over open source by going after SCO<http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?NewsID=6455>, the company that claims<http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?NewsID=5373>to have bought Unix rights from Novell several years ago. SCO's willingness to sue just about every company<http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?NewsID=4976>who was using or selling Linux without having paid SCO a licensing fee has long been at least a slight drag on the adoption of Linux by traditionally risk-averse businesses. Novell wants to put this issue, which has dragged on longer than the merits of the case appear to warrant, to bed. Secondly, Novell has appointed Susan Heystee the new president of Novell North America. One of Heystee's first actions after the appointment was to issue a statement prioritizing Linux as the next frontier for networking pioneer Novell, whose traditional markets were squeezed<http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?NewsID=3747>by TCP/IP. "Novell is well positioned in growth markets with our Linux and identity management solutions. We have a great opportunity to help customers leverage the power and value of open source," Heystee stated. Finally, Novell put out the second service pack for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9, adding in security and maintenance upgrades as well as software for better server clustering and consolidation. Novell has made these moves in just a couple of days, so that's an indication that the company is finally making a coordinated effort, as part of a larger strategy, to more aggressively pursue the open source opportunity. ------------------------------ Find this article at: http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?articleid=6781<http://www.line56.com/default.asp?NewsID=6781> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hg2ko3t/M=362329.6886308.7839368.1510227/D=groups/S=1705006580:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123475447/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Indo-Linux/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
