eWeek: Red Hat Accuses Novell of Being ‘Irresponsible’ About Xen

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 18, 2006

“Red Hat Chief Technology Officer Brian Stevens has escalated to
new heights the debate over whether the open-source Xen
virtualization technology is ready for prime time, saying Novell
was being irresponsible and risked damaging enterprises’ first
experiences with Xen.

“The Xen technology lets users run multiple operating systems as
guest virtual machines on the same hardware, allowing for the
better utilization of resources…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

Linux Today Logo

LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2026 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.