Does Novell Stand Alone in the Linux Desktop Market? | Linux Today

Does Novell Stand Alone in the Linux Desktop Market?

Written By
MA
Matt Asay
Jun 3, 2008

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Asay
for this link. ]

“Ron Hovsepian, CEO of Novell, took an unwarranted swipe at Red
Hat for failing to show up to the Linux desktop market, but by Red
Hat’s own admission, it’s not really interested in the traditional
desktop market.

“But Hovsepian has a point. Novell stands more-or-less alone in
the enterprise Linux desktop market. Just ask Peugeot, Italy’s
parliament, and the others who use SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop…”

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Matt Asay

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