Novell’s CEO: Painted Into A Corner?

“Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian is calling for a standardized way to
develop Linux applications across multiple distributions (Novell,
Red Hat, etc.). Hmmm. Hovsepian’s motivations are easy to
understand–Novell badly trails Red Hat when it comes to Linux
application support. But will anybody answer his call for help?

“That’s doubtful. Hovsepian painted Novell into a corner when
the company agreed to partner with Microsoft on Linux-Windows
interoperability last year. Some mutual Microsoft-Novell customers
are certainly benefiting from the deal. But the partnership’s focus
on patents upset many members of the open source community…”

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