Baseline: Novell, Ximian: Opposites Attract

“After Novell’s announcement this week that it plans to acquire
Ximian, industry observers might be forgiven a collective
‘Huh?’

“At first glance, the two seem to be the least-compatible of
couples. Novell is first and foremost a server company; Ximian is
primarily a Linux desktop company best-known for Linux’s GNOME
visual interface.

“Novell has been turning rapidly into an open-source
patron—specifically on the server side. In April, the company
announced it would provide a Linux version of its network services
(such as file and printer sharing and directory services) as part
of its next major release of NetWare. And the company has made the
Apache Web server and MySQL database part of its NetWare server
software…”

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