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Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian: 'There Has to Be a Better Way'
Dec 10, 2007, 23 :30 UTC (21 Talkback[s]) (5436 reads)

(Other stories by Ron Hovsepian)

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for this link. ]

"While Linux has come a long way in the past 10 years, I think it's safe to say that it hasn't yet taken over the world--nor has Linux reached its full potential. Linux continues to become more mainstream every day--we now see Linux hosting mission-critical servers in the enterprise, large financial banks run their financial trading applications on Linux, Linux is even running manufacturing operations, and Linux is beginning to emerge as a serious player on the desktop from engineering workstations to consumer desktops to business desktops.

"But now, Linux as an industry is at a tipping point. Linux has achieved some of the promise that it started out with 20 years ago, but we are not there yet..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
All these points are good for a system t ...   Not OK for WIP Development   
stomfi
Dec 11, 2007, 00:19:07
 
"And thanks to our partnership with Micr ...   How old is this?   
ducttapeBigSexy
Dec 11, 2007, 01:02:41
 
Hi, my name is Ron. I have hired a bunch ...   Let me say this, about that...   
bass fisher
Dec 11, 2007, 02:45:23
 
> All these points are good for a system ...   Re: Not OK for WIP Development   
Uno Engborg
Dec 11, 2007, 05:09:57
 
Check this Ron for someone who suffers w ...   Just hold this Microsoft commerical!   
Ken Hughes
Dec 11, 2007, 07:18:10
 
Linux has achieved some of the promise t ...   1987?   
blackhole
Dec 11, 2007, 09:12:18
 
... the part about 'expanding the IS ...   Hmm ...   
Rainer Weikusat
Dec 11, 2007, 11:29:32
 
Noticeably IBM has not come up with a di ...   The big distro companies are their worst enemies   
Sid Boyce
Dec 11, 2007, 11:41:20
 
> Linux has achieved some of the promise ...   Re: 1987?   
Dean Pannell (aka dinotrac)
Dec 11, 2007, 13:32:37
 
brought to you by Ron Hovsepian, with th ...   How to hijack Linux: a primer   
GreyGeek
Dec 11, 2007, 14:55:20
 
For anyone who took the time to actually ...   Re: How to hijack Linux: a primer   
pk
Dec 11, 2007, 18:51:12
 
If Redhat CEO would have said this. Thes ...   Great idea!!   
Nic
Dec 11, 2007, 21:01:11
 
There is some food for thought here. Whe ...   ISVs   
philc
Dec 11, 2007, 23:29:13
 
> > Linux has achieved some of the promi ...   Re: Re: 1987?   
blackhole
Dec 12, 2007, 04:05:04
 
> For example, Open Office could make a  ...   Re: ISVs   
blackhole
Dec 12, 2007, 04:15:02
 
> There is some food for thought here. . ...   Re: ISVs   
Rainer Weikusat
Dec 12, 2007, 10:24:42
 
The solution to most of the problems Mr. ...   Solution? Debian Stable   
YetAnotherBob
Dec 12, 2007, 14:37:56
 
Yeah, we could speculate all day what we ...   Re: Re: ISVs   
pontke
Dec 12, 2007, 15:47:32
 
 For anyone who took the time to actuall ...   Re: Re: How to hijack Linux: a primer   
GreyGeek
Dec 12, 2007, 17:06:00
 
> Yeah, we could speculate all day what  ...   Re: Re: Re: ISVs   
Rainer Weikusat
Dec 12, 2007, 18:21:58
 
It occurred to me after I posted my prev ...   Re: Re: Re: How to hijack Linux: a primer   
GreyGeek
Dec 12, 2007, 18:28:01
 
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