NewsFactor: Can Open Source Still Save Novell?

“Industry observers will be looking for signs of whether the
company’s big bet on Linux is starting to pay off. So far Novell
has had little to show even though the Linux market is booming.
Industry watchers say Novell needs to more forcefully pull away
from its proprietary software roots to win overopen source
supporters.

“‘I can’t find any other companies that have … leveraged an
open source and proprietary model and been successful at making
money at it,’ says John Enck, a vice president and research
director at Gartner…”

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