"Ubuntu Has the Strongest Chance to Take Linux Mainstream"

"LXF: How do you feel about Novell at the moment?

JA: I get on with Novell fine. I work with the Samba people who are still working on Samba at Novell to create patches and we get on pretty well.

LXF: Do you ever have to pretend that the Novell/Microsoft covenant deal didn't happen?

JA: What interests me is the future; how the Linux distribution world will look in the next five years. It still feels really fragmented. The OpenSUSE release is really good. I wonder if signs of the patent agreements are quietening down -- you don't hear so much about it.

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