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Business 2.0/CNNMoney: Novell Looks to Linux for a Lifeline

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 13, 2006

“It’s official: All mentions of Novell must now, once again, be
preceded by the adjective ‘beleaguered.’

“The storied software company won a pass from such ominous
epithets for the last few years by buying open-source startups
Ximian and Suse Linux. It announced bold plans to embrace open
source starting in 2004. At the time Novell’s strategy was to
combine its NetWare operating system with Linux to compete with
Microsoft’s dominant Windows operating system…”


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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.

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