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Novell Vice Chairman on Ximian, SCO

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the only-gonna-get-stranger dept.

dotnothing writes "microsoft-watch.com has an interview with Chris Stone, who is the Vice Chairman of Novell. Stone says that Novell will be introducing a Linux distribution with Novell products and the Ximian desktop, but that they are not out to compete with Microsoft. He also expressed some gratitude to Red Hat for countersuing SCO."

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  1. Red Hat/SCO legal docs by viewstyle · · Score: 5, Informative

    Speaking of Red Hat -- SCO released some of their legal threats which I found to be entertaining. Excerpts are in this story...

  2. SCO Teleconference by jmkaza · · Score: 5, Informative

    This may be a bit off topic, but I didn't want to submit a story and have two SCO headlines in a row. Darl's holding a teleconference today to answer questions about the Red Hat suit. The press release is here.
    Call 1 (800) 238-9007 and enter 274040 as the access code.

  3. 10 years later by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I found this bit interesting:


    Microsoft Watch: Now that you are buying Ximian, will Novell offer a Linux desktop distribution?

    Stone: Yes. The plan is to package the Ximian desktop with some of our products. Specifics are yet to be determined. But we want to cover Linux from the desktop to the server.

    Ten years ago, Novell was the owner of DR-DOS, Netware, and Unixware, and had the potential to be a solutions provider for everything from the desktop, to medium sized workgroups, to enterprise scale solutions, but what did they do? They tried to compete against Lotus Smartsuite and MS Office with an office suite based on Quattro Pro and WordPerfect.

    NT wasn't even ready yet, they coulda been a contender...

  4. For another perspective by wahgnube · · Score: 5, Informative
    Check out this phone interview with Miguel on OSNews.com.

    Seems like all is well, for now anyway.

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