eWeek: HP, Novell to Open Up More Code at LinuxWorld | Linux Today

eWeek: HP, Novell to Open Up More Code at LinuxWorld

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 14, 2005

“As the open-source and Linux faithful flock to Boston for the
annual East Coast LinuxWorld Conference this week, they are going
to be met with news that Novell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. both
plan to announce the open-sourcing of some new technology at the
event.

“Novell, which has embraced Linux across all its product lines,
will announce this week that it has contributed some of its
eDirectory developer interfaces to open source, allowing
third-party applications to leverage eDirectory passwords for
secure authentication…”

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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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