LinuxPlanet: Novell Elaborates on Linux

“Giving reasons ranging from rampant customer demand to new
revenue streams, Novell is about to make all its NetWare services
available on both Linux and NetWare. During this week’s Brainshare
show, Novell officials said they’re also looking at migrating more
Novell apps to Linux, and maybe even at contributing open source
code toward ‘improving’ the Linux kernel. Beyond technical issues,
which could take some months to resolve, the success of Novell’s
Linux initiatives hinges largely on their acceptance by the open
source community.

“With the need for acceptance clearly in mind, Novell CEO Jack
Messman and other execs spent a good bit of time this week casting
aside notions that Novell will try to produce a ‘NetWare version of
Linux,’ or take any sort of ‘ownership’ stake in Linux.

“Sun’s attempts to do just that were rebuffed by the open source
community, Messman maintained during an interview with LinuxPlanet.
The CEO was equally adamant that Novell ‘is adding Linux, not
dropping NetWare…'”

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