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:Jealousy? Novell, Red Hat, and the Linux Desktop
Jealousy? Novell, Red Hat, and the Linux Desktop
Apr 19, 2008, 02 :00 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (5820 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

[ Thanks to sjvn for this link. ]

"Recently, both Novell and Red Hat went on record as dismissing the idea that the consumer Linux desktop is going to be taking off anytime soon. It's not? Has anyone told Asus and Xandros? Everex and gOS? How about Dell and Ubuntu? They're all doing great with consumer Linux desktops.

"Novell actually isn't taking an extreme position on the consumer Linux desktop. Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian on April 15th in India, according to an InfoWorld report, simply said that the consumer market is taking longer to develop than the business market and that 'The market for the desktop for the next three to five years is mainly enterprise-related...'"

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Novell CEO: Linux for the Consumer Desktop Will Take Years(Apr 17, 2008)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Don't forget that both RedHat and No ...   Some other reasons   
Stomfi
Apr 19, 2008, 04:10:31
 
Red Hat and Novell are focusing to be a  ...   I don't think so   
Pietro Pesci Feltri
Apr 19, 2008, 06:05:36
 
Cause while novell and red hat stay back ...   That's good news   
xlinuks
Apr 19, 2008, 09:13:24
 
...off the GNU/Linux consumer desktop pe ...   Nobody will ever make money...   
cjm
Apr 19, 2008, 14:25:43
 
I guess, with Redhat exiting the desktop ...   Your Linux is ready...   
d_suse
Apr 20, 2008, 19:56:30
 
Novell had stated that they would be mov ...   Remember Novell's in-house Linux desktop?   
Brandioch Conner
Apr 20, 2008, 21:33:44
 
The biggest problem with Linux on the de ...   It's the apps   
JJS
Apr 21, 2008, 19:04:34
 
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