Linux and open source seem to have energized Novell's user and partner community and may give Novell a chance to undo its most fundamental error vis-a-vis Microsoft--misjudging the importance of integrating services with a capable application server and not having tight integration with the enterprise desktop.
With its ownership of SuSE Linux and the possible beginning of an uptick in Linux desktops, Novell's fortunes may be due for an upward run, despite its essentially flat performance during the last few years.
At this year's BrainShare conference, Novell's annual customer and partner event, we were pleasantly surprised at what we found. While it is true that an overall improvement in the economy might account for some slight positive momentum, an improvement of 20 percent in overall attendance and 80 percent in the number of exhibiting partners is clearly a sign that there is more than just a slight loosening of corporate travel budgets. ....................
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