LinuxPlanet: Novell Rolls Out SUSE Linux Slate, Strategy, Against Skepticism By Some

"At its annual BrainShare users conference today, Novell rolled out a slate of new SUSE Linux products and talked up a new, two-fold corporate strategy devised in the wake of its controversial pact with Microsoft--but not without skepticism, and even vehement opposition, among some who traveled to Salt Lake City this week.

"On the one hand, Novell plans to deliver 'enterprise-wide Linux, [from the] desktop to the data center,' according to Ron Hovsepian, the company's president and CEO.

"But at the same time, Novell will also provide 'enterprise-wide management of heterogeneous and mixed-source environments,' Hovsepian said, during the general session at BrainShare..."

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