[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for these links. ]
Computerworld: Novell to Drop ZENworks from Linux Tool
Bundle
“Novell Inc. said it plans to use newly acquired systems
management tools instead of including its own ZENworks technology
in a Linux software package that’s due to go into open beta-testing
next month…“Novell had announced in June that ZENworks would be the
management tool in the Nterprise Linux Services package. ‘ZENworks
would have worked, but our engineers found Red Carpet was closer to
meeting the needs of our customers,’ Novell spokesman Kevin Barney
said this week when asked about the change…”
VNUnet: Novell to Champion Linux Support
“Novell wants to be the single point of contact for Linux
support, which it believes enterprises will need before they are
prepared to use Linux for desktops and mission-critical
systems.“The company has embarked on a training programme to create
1,000 support engineers, and has signed a support agreement with
Linux distributor SuSE. It is understood to be negotiating a
similar deal with Red Hat…”