> > I just saw on slashdot that Novell has purchased Ximian. I'm no > > business major, but why is Novell buying companies so soon after laying > > off so many employees? > > Has anything Novell done made much sense? Sometimes it seems they buy > companies just because they think it makes them look cool. They've been > laying off people pretty regularly for the last few years and it hasn't > stopped their incessant appetite for acquisition. Nor has it helped > their stock price.
I think this one might make sense. Novell has announced that Netware
will soon be based off of the Linux kernel; maybe they are taking this a
bit farther and will use Evolution as a groupwise client for Linux.
Ximian also has a product that is called Connector that will allow
Evolution to connect to an exchange server; that could be useful to help
Novell get back into accounts that have been taken over by Microsoft in
the past. Of all the Linux companies out there, Ximian has some of the best
office productivity products. Just a few ideas...
-Evan
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