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Novell as Open Source Hero?

Posted by simoniker on from the faster-than-speeding-bullet dept.

ccnull writes "Who's the #2 Linux vendor in the world? Would you believe Novell? Infoworld takes a look at this long-struggling giant and how it has (and hasn't) reinvented itself as an open source company in the face of utterly losing the LAN market to Microsoft." The piece argues: "But even though it seems to be holding all the right cards, Novell faces tough odds. In recent years, tough competition from Microsoft and dwindling support from third-party developers have caused Novell's once-loyal base to look elsewhere for infrastructure needs. Unless it can win back the loyalty of the industry, Novell's new, Linux-centric message could fall on deaf ears."

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  1. fp9st by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    title

  2. Re:Mono by JPriest · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    They just need to package portage with SuSE Linux. rpm is horrible, gentoo's install method is time consuming, why not take the best of both worlds?

    Does portage not scale?

    --
    Saying Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders.
  3. Re:Mono by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    "there's no mention of Mono. Not that there necessarily has to be a mention of Mono"

    What about mono?

  4. Re:Fuck all that Eastern shit... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... in Japan!

  5. Re:Effective? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Blah, blah, terrorism, evil, blah blah. Now watch this drive."

    Given the timing of the delivery and the juxtaposition of the serious and non-serious ideas, computations indicate that there is a 99.32% probability that President Bush delivered what is known as a 'joke'. You should familiarize yourself with the concept.

    According to your signature, presidents should neither attempt to make jokes nor attempt to play golf on a golf course after being pestered by the press. The only conclusion is that both yourself and Michael Moore are humorless dolts.

  6. corepirate nazi stock markup FraUDs as heros? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    for the open-source "community"?

    well, eye gas they're already paying eyeball (yours) reNToll space from robbIE (yet another $hero$)?

    it's all gooed? lookout bullow. the daze of the felonious greed/fear/ego based payper liesense hypenosys peddlers is WANing into coolapps/the abyss.

  7. you must mean reNT(r)oll space? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yet another self-correction by the pateNTdead eyecon0meter.

    this stuff is unbreakable, & wwworks on several (more than 3) dimensions.

    all is not lost.

    consult with/trust in yOUR creators..... authoring kode that really works, since/until forever. see you there?