"Novell wants its resellers onboard its new Linux direction. According to Ladd Timpson, Novell's worldwide channel marketing director, and Mark Hardardt, vice president of global sales, Novell won't just be pushing Linux. It wants its resellers to use Linux as the launching pad for an array of business network services.
"The company is urging its resellers to push forward with business services based on GroupWise, network management services built on top of YaST and other Linux-based services. The idea is to show Novell's partners that, as exciting as Linux is, the bigger future is selling services built on top of Novell's operating system..."
