Novell Acquires Ximian to Expand Linux Solutions and OpenSource Commitment

[Aaron Grewell]

On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 10:24:51 -0400 (EDT)
Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> 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.