Novell Makes More Open Source Moves

cbnet2004 writes "In what can be considered a win for Linux, Novell has announced NetWare will cease to exist as a standalone product by the end of the year. However, the CEO says: 'We are still committed to it and it is not going away. Our new Open Enterprise Server offering will have two components to it: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server and NetWare. NetWare is here for a long time to come.'" Read on for more bits from Novell's BrainShare conference, including a planned company-wide move to Linux.

Roger Foss writes "Novell has announced it will release its cross platform iFolder file synchronization software as open source. This is pretty cool: far more transparent and easier to use than Unison or some of those friendly Rsync variants. iFolder does multi-master delta synchronization and is user friendly. The source software will be available at Novell's own Forge site and release under the GPL. This sure beats Novell's earlier open source efforts, when they released their proprietary IPX protocol stuff years ago. For those who want to try it, there's a live demo site that I doubt would withstand slashdotting."

Finally, mj01nir writes "According to Miguel de Icaza's web log, Chris Stone just announced that Novell will be moving the whole company to OpenOffice by the end of the year, and to Linux on the desktop a year after.

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This is good for the global economy

[Anonymous Coward]

I applaud efforts by Novell and another Linux vendor, expanding to India. As long as there are delusional fools in the US contributing their time and effort for free, helping both Novell and Red Hat to sell their hardware, they can continue outsourcing vital services in India and help local markets there. For an Indian developer a salary of $200 is enough to live by, for a US developer, according to what I've seen in open-source world, a $0 is just enough (must be living off untaxed corporate dividends, I assume).

The companies that never laid off a single American engineer and only use India for support will take a dive and hopefully disappear from the market entirely.

Contradiction?

[chipster]

"cease to exist" and "not going away" in the same sentence? Novell needs to move out of the SCO state.

Slashdot Sensationalism (AGAIN)

[amigoro]

The original headline:
Novell to Drop Standalone NetWare

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Novell Makes More Open Source Moves

I think that is the crux of the story. I feel this is a damage limitation excercise on the part of Novell.

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Scientology is a made up phony religon

And scientology is different than other religions, how?

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Netware is dying...