Re: Novell Acquires Ximian to Expand Linux Solutions and OpenSourceCommitment
I still gotta believe this is partly Novell working to get inroads into the OSS community. It could be a win-win... or it could just mean that Ximian gets spun off again... Hopefully NOT in such a way as Ximian could turn around, get bought and then make our lives miserable with FUD galore... I do digress... On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 11:37:29 -0700 Aaron Grewell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 10:24:51 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its Novell's dying breath, attempting to find relevancy in a world where fileservers are ubiquitous. Maybe not. Novell has a good groupware solution. If they put GroupWise compatibility into Evo they'll have a better chance of keeping their userbase. In addition, they've got all the desktop management bits MS does and some of them are better than what the Evil Empire offers. If they integrate Linux support into*that* they'll have the best Linux desktop management solution on the market, bar none. They already have the best Directory Service available for cross-platform networks, IMHO. Novell's funny. Their technology rocks if they can only figure out what to do with it. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Matthew Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.eisgr.com/ Enterprise Information Systems *Network Consulting, Integration Support *Web Development and E-Business ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Novell Acquires Ximian to Expand Linux Solutions and OpenSourceCommitment
Its Novell's dying breath, attempting to find relevancy in a world where fileservers are ubiquitous. On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Federico Voges wrote: http://www.ximian.com/about_us/press_center/press_releases/index.html?pr =novell Now the question: is this good?? :) Federico Voges Socio gerente Intrasoft Tel/Fax: 54-11-4833-5182 Malabia 2137 14 A e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C1425EZC) Buenos Aires Web: http://www.intrasoft.com.ar Argentina ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- ~~ Lonni J Friedman[EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Novell Acquires Ximian to Expand Linux Solutions and OpenSourceCommitment
On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Aaron Grewell wrote: On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 10:24:51 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Its Novell's dying breath, attempting to find relevancy in a world where fileservers are ubiquitous. Maybe not. Novell has a good groupware solution. If they put GroupWise compatibility into Evo they'll have a better chance of keeping their userbase. In addition, they've got all the desktop management bits MS does and some of them are better than what the Evil Empire offers. If they integrate Linux support into*that* they'll have the best Linux desktop management solution on the market, bar none. They already have the best Directory Service available for cross-platform networks, IMHO. Novell's funny. Their technology rocks if they can only figure out what to do with it. Sounds the same as our good friends at SCOdera. Of course Caldera did have its birth from a bunch of breakaways at Novell. -- ~~ Lonni J Friedman[EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Novell Acquires Ximian to Expand Linux Solutions and OpenSourceCommitment
Sounds the same as our good friends at SCOdera. Of course Caldera did have its birth from a bunch of breakaways at Novell. With one major diff: Novell knows (won't say out loud, but knows) that NetWare is dead. The only question is whether or not they can shift NetWare's services to Linux quickly enough to stop the bleeding. The Novell stack would do good things for Linux in large enterprises. The Samba/OpenLDAP combo still doesn't do it for large-scale deployment without a lot of work, whereas Novell's been doing it for ages. I wouldn't put money on it, but I think they've still got a chance if they move quickly enough. If they became a RH reseller and shipped RH with the Novell add-ons for both client and server along with some quick-install wizards they could have an end-to-end solution. They've got all the stuff. ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
